56: Accepting Criticism

Accepting criticism can take the wind out of our sails and hurt
our ability to advance in our careers, relationships and in life.
We will discuss this complicated soft skill and give hints for
delivering and responding to it better in this week’s episode of
the Serious Soft Skills Podcast.


Cohosts Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham talk about a number
of important issues, including:





Why the soft skill of accepting criticism can be difficult to
hear

How accepting criticism can benefit us and our development

What happens when we don’t accept criticism

Helping you versus hurting you with criticism

When to discount people’s criticism

Filtering out the good criticism and retaining ownership

Finding people to trust and value who give you constrictive
feedback

How to give constructive criticism

When to table someone’s criticism 

“The Sandwich Method” of criticism

When a cooling off period pays off for everyone  

Preventing criticism from paralyzing us 

Why organizations need to integrate feedback and criticism
into their operations to become better

Making a case for writing down suggestions, rather than
speaking them 






Next week


We will address another soft skill and its implications. New
episodes come out every Wednesday


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