How Purposeful Is Constructive Criticism

Constructive criticism is a tricky event to happen. For it to fulfil its purpose, it requires understanding of both parties, both the receiver and the one who is providing it.

Have you ever had a coworker who cried every time someone made a funny remark at them? Someone who couldn’t seem to take constructive criticism, let alone meaningful feedback?

Feedback is frequently given in subtly worded forms that yet contain helpful criticism. Giving advice, helping, or teaching when you don’t actually need it, making corrections, adversely comparing yourself to others, or focusing on the one problematic tile in the mosaic of your activities while remaining silent about the 99 other excellent times.

While these are frequent events, we’ve all experienced them, and they’re not pleasant. But the actual issue is that, no matter how sensitive someone is, we must be prepared to take or deliver constructive criticism from time to time.

Criticism is ingrained in our DNA. We criticise the culture around us, our neighbours, and even ourselves. In this article, we’ll discuss how to work effectively with this constructive criticism method to generate positive outcomes.