When is the Best Time to Give Someone Feedback?

Life seems to be full of “Goldilocks” moments.  You know, the time when whatever is going down is just right.  So, when it comes to giving family members, employees or partners the benefit of your counsel, when does that magic feedback moment actually occur? Before we talk about the timing, however, let’s mention one or two things about the nature of the feedback.  If it is constructive criticism it may actually have more weight than positive reinforcement.  While positive comments may be good for morale, they do not appear to have much influence on actual performance.  It seems that we pay more attention to criticism than we do to “wonderful, wonderful.” To read the end of this blog, click here.