100 Steps Towards Success. Shehzad Amin, PH.D

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СКАЧАТЬ your office is an open space in which everyone can hear the conversation, you can opt for another private location, like a restaurant or the park. Whatever you want to do, ensure your meeting is productive, and your criticism is constructive.

       Start with the Positive.

      Essentially, constructive criticism is feedback. At least there must be some definite thing about this individual or team. It can't be all bad from day one. Look for the positive side and commend it. This would help to ease the tension and smoothly transition to the constructive criticism.

      Positive feedback would make your employee less defensive and then open their minds to your suggestions and opinions. It would make them motivated to act on your input because they don't feel attacked.

      Never Compare Your Employees to Others.

      The easiest way to make your employee feel attacked is by comparing them. Nobody wants that. Never make a statement like, “Why aren't you as effective as Mr. A?” With such a statement, you have destroyed the person's confidence. You may begin to be side-eyed for favoritism or having some personal agenda. Instead of having employees who are working for the good of the company, they are working and competing against each other. You don't want rivalry in your company. You want a team. You should do all you have in your power to build a group, rather than create competitors. Do not compare your employees. They all have different potentials and are unique in their own ways.

       Never Get Personal.

      Don't allow your ego and emotion to get in the way of your feedback. Even if their attitude irritates you, be professional and keep your cool. Little things like being able to shove your emotions in your pockets and not let things overwhelm you is what makes you a great leader.

      Always have the purpose of the meeting at the back of your mind.

      Never let your feelings overshadow or get in the way of that. Your goal for every constructive criticism session is to build the performance, confidence, and effectiveness of your employee towards work. So be civil with your criticism. Even though you have been fighting with the person, do not attack the person or bring your issues to the criticism session.

      Avoid vile statements. Instead of making comments such as, “You gave a terrible presentation,” Say things like “The presentation would have been better if…” Always try to provide solutions instead of attacks.

      Do not make assumptions. Talk about what you already know. Take on the issues one by one. Bombarding your employee with so many problems at a time could make them feel attacked. Also, make realistic demands. Look for ways to help them to maximize their potential. Find ways to always provide solutions.

      Do not come off as confrontational. Let your posture, body language, and tone be relaxed. Forget about all the problems and look for a way to move forward. Find a solution.

       Allow Your Employees to Talk and Contribute. Make It A Conversation.

      Make it a conversation. Constructive criticism is useful when you make it a dialogue. You always must hear what your employee has to say. Also give them an opportunity to explain their side of the story. It would also make them feel warm. Ask them how they think or feel. Let them express their grievance and give their own opinions, too.

       Provide A Realistic Plan That You Can Work with And Put to Action.

      The main aim of constructive criticism is to maximize your employee’s performance and potentials. So, the dialogue with your employee should end with coming up with a solution to move forward. After the meeting, follow up to ensure there is progress. Also, always learn to show gratitude.

      For constructive criticism to work, it should be a collaborative process. Give your employees enough time to put your work into action. Also, be easily accessible for receiving feedback from them, even in cases where they would have questions, complaints, and concerns. Your genuine support would go a long way to make your employees be committed and bring out the best in them. If you can pull a first-time constructive criticism off, your employees (as well as yourself) wouldn't feel as tense about taking or giving constructive criticism.

       Advantages of Constructive Criticism.

       Personal development

       Stronger relationship

       Fully maximized potential

       Strong organizational growth

       Concise and clarified expectations

      19. Visualize a Successful Outcome.

      Negative cognition can go a long way to ruining your outcome at work. Visualizing a successful outcome has to do with how you think and imagine things. Research studies have proven that if you see yourself having a positive result on a project, there are high chances of positive results. But if you see yourself failing, your chances of failing are high, because at that point, your morale and motivation level to do work that would yield positive results is zero or nothing.

      Sadly, very few people know and realize how powerful visualizing is. The truth is that people imagine every day. The only problem of visualization is that when people envision, they create a negative life due to their negative displays.

      Our way of thinking creates good or bad outcomes. — Stephen Richards

      The next session of this book would give you tips on how you can visualize for all your real dreams to come true.

       Tips for Visualization.

      1 Visualize What Life Will Be Like Once You Achieve Your Goals.Before you do this step, you must keep a journal where you write down your work goals. Visualize what your goals would get you. For example, if your goal at work is getting a promotion, imagine yourself getting a promotion after completing the task you have at hand. Imagine being called by your boss at work and the promotion news is delivered to you.Imagine the salary raise and what your account balance would look like. Imagine your new work title. Visualizations like this would motivate you to work and do it efficiently.

      2 Visualize the Steps You'll Take to Get There.Your goal won't accomplish itself. You must take significant steps in fulfilling your goals. Visualizing the steps to get to your goals will help you know what to do to lead to the accomplishment of your goals. Imagine that you want to get a promotion at work.Visualizing the process would help you know that you must complete your tasks efficiently, show up early to work, and work extra hours. All of these things would help you, and you can now incorporate these things into your routine to ensure the success of your goals.

      3 Create A Vision Board.A vision board would help remind you to keep track of your goals and tell you about what you want to achieve. Collect quotes and images that represent what your goal is. From there, create a vision board. Afterward, keep the vision board where you can always see it. You could keep it on your office desk or wall to inspire you to work whenever you feel down or unmotivated.

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