As a business owner, nothing can ruin your day as fast as a negative customer review posted online. There is, however, a silver lining. Negative feedback allows you to learn from your mistakes and ...

Why hasn’t anyone told Jim to get rid of half of his slides; the client literally fell asleep during his presentation. There goes Sarah, interrupting again; doesn’t she know how much everyone hates it ...

When we talk about feedback, we often focus on the positive side of it all. That makes sense, considering that happy workers are 12 percent more productive than unhappy ones. So, we focus on how ...

Plant Ecology, Vol. 181, No. 2 (2005), pp. 269-278 (10 pages) Increasing evidence shows that facilitative interaction and negative plant-soil feedback are driving factors of plant population dynamics ...

At a minimum, negative feedback feels uncomfortable. Sometimes, it can even be paralyzing. It’s important to have a process for understanding and acting on this feedback. We all receive negative ...

A workplace in which all employees perform and behave consistently all the time is a dream for a small business owner. The dream is, of course, not reality. Workers sometimes act in ways that are ...

There’s a lot of advice out there when it comes to giving feedback. Many experts agree on some basics: Be honest Be specific Don’t make it personal Give feedback often After all, regular direct ...

When we receive negative feedback, our bodies react instinctively. Physiologically, our shoulders tense up and our breath becomes more shallow. What’s worse is that, according to studies on how we ...

The dynamic equilibrium of an ecosystem is driven by mutual feedback interactions between plants and soil microorganisms. Asparagus exerts a particularly strong influence on its soil environment ...