Title: (Optional) Provide constructive praise and criticism.
Course: Career Investigations (19258-9) > Section: Communicating on the Job

Provision should include

- addressing specific accomplishments and strengths
- encouraging others toward positive change
- fostering a sense of teamwork
- fostering positive workplace morale
- affirming a mutual stake in the work at hand (the product or process being criticized)
- addressing the negative only in specific terms, not generalized
- specifying a direction or action for improvement
- identifying the positive change to be made.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between constructive and destructive criticism?
- How does one know when and how to use praise?
- How can constructive praise and criticism be used to boost employee morale?
- What is the difference between constructive praise and flattery?