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The Tact Game: Is there always a winning way to give critical feedback?

By Dr. Jeremy Sherman on November 3, 2008 in Ambigamy

It's commonly held that critical feedback never has to hurt so long as you deliver it tactfully. Tact transcends all resistance. There's a nice way to say anything.

I live by that belief and promote it to my students. I tell them to assume that there's nothing they can't say to anyone as long as they just come up with the right way to say it.

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Eagerly awaiting your next post!

Submitted by shalinee on November 5, 2008 - 3:44am.

Hey Jeremy,

I found you article very interesting. I am very keen to know strategies for giving feedback effectively.

Thanks :)

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Jeremy Sherman is an evolutionary epistemologist studying the natural history and practical realities of decision making.

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