This week’s TRIPLE III TIME message beings by asking everyone to take a serious look in the mirror and assess your style of delivering Constructive Criticism!  Think about it?!  We have all been in THE situation that requires you to offer a personal statement of honesty regarding an action taken by a co-worker, friend, manager, colleague and/or even a family member.  So how did you do?

Well before we go much further into our discussion… let’s see what GOOGLE says about the definition(s) of this challenging topic!

​“Constructive Criticism is a form of feedback that focuses on delivering critique and negative feedback constructively and positively to improve performance or behavior.  Constructive criticism is actionable, clear, and beneficial to the recipient.”

Or

​“Constructive Criticism is a comment or comments saying in a helpful way what is wrong with something and how it could be improved.”

As you continue engaging with your image in the mirror… think if you try to always deliver your Constructive Criticism in a positive tone.  Do your words of advice come across as critical and non-progressive?  Or does your feedback generate the wish for additional assessment discussion that is issue specific… with improvements that are understandable and corrective action suggestions that are workable?

Bottomline:  I believe the responsibility for providing Constructive Criticism today has become more challenging than in the past.  Choosing the right words… controlling the tone of your message delivery… and offering the most appropriate alternative actions to be taken… is and always will be going forward… a HUGE professional responsibility.

So think more deeply about the words you use to create every Constructive Criticism message.  Also remember that raising your voice may cause someone to listen less… so a soft, direct tone may be best.  And finally only suggest an initial limited number of action improvements. Too many can be as damaging as too few.

If you are questioning if this message makes positive sense… put yourself on the Constructive CriticismRECEIVER side of the table.