What better pick-me-up is there than praise for your hard work? Praise can turn a bad day around. It can remind you that although you're stressed and buried in piles of work, you're doing a good job.

Esther Weinberg is a renowned business growth accelerator for executives in high-growth media and technology industries at The Ready Zone. There is an old saying that what you appreciate appreciates, ...

A primary responsibility of a manager is to motivate employees to stronger performance over time. This includes effective use of positive reinforcement, or praise, as well as constructive feedback. A ...

When we think about feedback to employees, supervisors, or even administration, we generally worry most about giving negative feedback. Often we ask how to do it, and especially how to do it well.

We’ve all worked for bosses that were quick to criticize and slow to praise. It doesn’t feel good. On the other side, working for bosses that give out praise like candy doesn’t feel good ...

I just finished a very engaging book, Richard Stengel’s You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery. I wish I’d had this book as a resource when I was writing my first book, Power Money Fame Sex.

It’s one of the toughest jobs of a manager: giving feedback. Many bosses find it stressful and difficult — but that may be because they are focused on offering criticism and correcting mistakes when ...

For a long time, discussions about parenting focused on whether praise or punishment was better for children. However, more recent research suggests that categories like “praise” are too broad. After ...