Blog tag: criticism

No-one enjoys being criticised or from negative and hurtful comments (or the fear of them) often prevent you from doing things you really want to. You might ask yourself ‘What if people don’t like my idea?’ or ‘What if I fail and everyone sees?’… The thing about achieving anything much worthwhile in life…

The ability to elegantly handle objections is a key success strategy in the workplace. It is not easy to do though as the objections are often about things we care about – either at work or personally. Because we care about them (probably more than the other person) we are…

Have you ever wondered how to end ‘blame game’ behaviour at work? Here are the top tips from the experts: Eleanor Shakiba; author of Difficult People Made Easy When blame game tactics are at play, you’re likely to find lots of ‘us and them’ style stories being told. Employees who…

It’s a frustrating situation. You’re sharing advice or giving instructions and the other person just isn’t listening. Why does this happen? How can you engage others, so they really want to listen? Here are the top tips from our panel: Avoid Lecturing says Eleanor Shakiba If you sound like a ‘lecturing parent’…

Do you ever feel like you have to over justify yourself or defend yourself against petty gripes and accusations? Some people can be naturally over critical. This creates an atmosphere of constant defensiveness which can destroy relationships, not to mention your self confidence if you have someone close or work…

You are dying for some feet up time, but you can’t stop thinking about work. You really want that promotion, but just as you think it’s yours, you make a mistake that seems to put you back. You want to be close to someone in a good relationship but keep…