Here are a few ways you can deal with negative feedback at work in a clean and professional manner.
Listening Is An Art Form.
When your idea gets deconstructed in a meeting, you start to feel the world’s going to collapse and therefore do everything in your power to put your idea front and center again. All the while, you’re not listening. I’ve been guilty of it countless times. I ignore someone’s critique and just think only about what I’m going to say. Never mind that he or she’s point may have some validity – my comment’s going to shake things up.
But it never does.
Constructive criticism between two people needs four ears, not two. -
Scale Back Your Emotions.
Being passionate in your work is an endearing quality in the eyes of your boss. But what isn’t so very endearing is getting overly passionate in your defense against negative feedback. If you have the “I’ll show you!” approach any time criticism surfaces, it starts to paint you in an unprofessional light.
If you feel you have a point to make, you can still be direct about it.
Just do it in a calmer tone
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