One of the challenges that I find from time to time is the need of leaders of an organization to word the messages of a meeting in such a politically correct manner for concerns such as being perceived as displaying behaviors less than at the heights level of a professional. I often wonder if this form of communication prevents others from giving their input or even participation at all. I’m not saying that there isn’t value or that it’s not important in presetting yourself as best as possible because there is, but there is also something to be said about… >>>

I am an instructor at a technical college, and I never really thought of my feedback to students in the same vein as feedback from my employer at work. We all know how important feedback every week is to our students, and we should give praise as well as areas needing improvement - but I think most supervisors fail to give timely feedback. It always seemed awkward to me to get an "annual evaluation" and things would come up that never were mentioned in the previous year. So I think we can apply our excellent feedback skills from the classroom… >>>