The Power of Positive Criticism

by Hendrie Weisinger

Discover why criticism is essential to many aspects of business, such as performance appraisals, quality control, and team functioning, to name a few. Some people just can’t take criticism while others just can’t give it--not in a positive, motivating, mutually beneficial manner, anyway. Using real-life scenarios and the author’s 21 tips to positive criticism, you will learn The Power of Positive Criticism helps you take the sting out of criticism--and transform it from a destructive, demoralizing disaster into an energizing, educating experience that builds relationships and increases individual and organizational success.

Genres: Nonfiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Hendrie Weisinger, received his Ph.D. from The University of Kansas and is a psychologist trained in clinical, counseling, and organizational psychology. He also is School psychologist. He is a leading authority on the application of emotional intelligence and anger management and the originator of the highly regarded techniques of criticism training and a pioneer in the emerging field of "pressure management." He consults and has conducted numerous workshops to Fortune 500 Companies, government agencies, mental health and educational systems and speaks to dozens of professional organizations such as YPO. Weisinger has taught in numerous executive education programs at UCLA, Wharton, NYU, Cornell, Univeristy of Washington, Penn State, to name just a few.

Weisinger's work has been featured multiple times in The Sunday Business Section Of The New York Times. His article for The Wall Street Journal, "So You're Afraid To Criticize Your Boss," was selected as one of the Journal's 60 best management articles and is reprinted in Dow Jones on Managment. His article for TV Guide, Tutored by Televison, illustrates to parents how to use TV to develop their child's emotional intelligence.

He is the author of The New York Times Bestseller Nobody's Perfect, The Power of Positive Criticism, Dr. Weisinger's Anger Workout Book, Emotional Intelligence at Work. He's appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Oprah, and written for newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal and TV Guide. His latest book is the New York Times Best Seller, Performing under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most, published by Random House/Crown Business, 2015. He is currently working on his next book, "Helping Your Kids Handle Pressure: Giving Your Sons & Daughters Life's Ultimate Edge. Weisiner's Performing Under Pressure E Course will soon be avialable.

Reviews

[Fatin Iq]

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[Svetlana Kurilova]

This short book is packed with useful strategies for giving a productive (constructive) feedback. We need more professionals (especially in leadership roles) who use these tactics on a day-to-day basis.

[Shannon]

This book leads with a powerful affirmation; people are not born with low self esteem. We like to say that words can’t hurt us but indeed they can. In many cases, mental trauma lasts longer than physical trauma. It’s important to remember this when dealing with people; self esteem issues were caused by something or someone.

There are 20 tips provided and many if not all of them can help people who tend to have less than stellar reviews, difficulty receiving feedback, or difficulty giving feedback. I would recommend it to anyone that wants to improve workplace relationships.

One tip given by the author is to use “could” instead of “should”. Telling someone they “could” have done xyz shows them they have other options. Telling someone they “should” have done xyz makes their course of action appear to be incorrect.

Another tip that I've attempted take into consideration is to criticize the criticism. There are times when we reject criticism that is true and accept criticism that is false. The author states that either action is equally dangerous. The book includes a four step method to put the criticize the criticism tip into action.

A technique I intend to try is presenting criticism in the form of a question. This method is recommended for people that may respond defensively, but it’s important to know how to use the method appropriately. You can see how asking, “Why did you provide me with inaccurate data?” will get you totally different response than asking, “Can you please provide the sources for the data?”

This book helped me depersonalize many of the workplace critiques I’ve received because I realized that many people do not know how to criticize positively. Additionally, this book is an excellent read for anyone that manages people.

[Mohammed Malcomx]

it is an amazing informative book I had read besides that it is going to lead you to the professionalism of criticisms that what we need to improve nd evade negative comment that keeps people down ..

[Stephen]

Read JUL 2002

[Ghadir]

كتاب جيد جداً لتتعلم ثقافة النقد بالطريقة الصحيحة..
احدث ضجة في ثقافتي, فكري, واسلوبي في النقد.. :]