From veteran teacher and acclaimed author Joni B. Cole comes a revised and expanded edition of her popular writing guide Toxic Feedback. Successful writers know that feedback is often the difference between writing and not writing, and between writing and writing well. But feedback mismanaged is more likely to leave the writer confused, intimidated, or even deflated. This book not only detoxifies the feedback process with humor, but it also shows writers and feedback providers how to make the most of this powerful resource at every stage of the writing and publishing process. This new edition includes a second preface, four new chapters, updates throughout the original material, and several additional exercises. Cole also includes new and previous interviews with authors such as Khaled Hosseini, Juan Morales, Grace Paley, Jodi Picoult, and Matthew Salesses. Toxic Feedback remains essential reading for all writers, critique groups, MFA programs, and teachers of writing at every level.

How writers can make the best of even the worst criticism

Radical Candor is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism, delivered to produce better results and help employees develop their skills and boundaries of success. Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Kim Scott Malone has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees: make it personal, get stuff done, and understand why it matters. Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, and distilled clearly to give actionable lessons to the reader, Radical Candor shows how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity. Radical Candor is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people both love their work, their colleagues and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.

"Utilizing examples from Carol's decades of work, learn the flaws in the feedback trap and build conditions for employees to flourish for long-term success."--Back cover.

HOW TO BE WRONG: EMBRACING YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY – YOUR KEY TO A HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL, AND FULFILLING LIFE Have you ever wondered how embracing your mistakes could be the key to a more fulfilling life? "HOW TO BE WRONG: EMBRACING YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY" is more than just a guide; it's a transformative journey through the art of owning up to one's errors and turning them into stepping stones for personal growth. At the heart of this insightful book lies the powerful concept of personal accountability. It's an exploration into the human psyche, unraveling why we fear being wrong and how we can break free from the perfectionism trap. This book guides you through the transformative process of shifting perspectives on mistakes, advocating for a growth mindset, and harnessing the lessons learned from errors. Key Highlights: - The psychology behind the fear of being wrong and strategies to overcome it. - Breaking the cycle of perfectionism by embracing the reality of imperfection. - How a growth mindset empowers you to see mistakes as opportunities. - Real-life stories of people who turned their errors into triumphs. - Detailed analysis of how mistakes offer valuable insights. - Techniques for facing criticism constructively and using feedback for personal growth. - Master the art of effective apologizing and rebuilding trust in personal and professional relationships. - Gain insights into building and leveraging personal support systems for your growth journey. - Understand the ripple effect of personal accountability in shaping a better society. Written by Braden Snap, who's approachable writing style and deep understanding make complex concepts accessible to all readers, helping them navigate the nuances of personal accountability. If you want to embrace your honesty and personal accountability, navigate life's challenges with confidence, build stronger relationships, and be the best version of yourself, then scroll up and buy "HOW TO BE WRONG: EMBRACING YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY" today. Join the countless others who have found a path to a happier, more successful, and fulfilling life through the powerful practice of embracing their mistakes.

“The day this person left our company is considered an annual holiday!” THIS QUOTE, taken from Kusy and Holloway’s research on toxic personalities, echoes the frustration and confusion that come from working with or managing an extremely difficult person. Just one toxic person has the capacity to debilitate individuals, teams, and even organizations. Toxic Workplace! is the first book to tackle the underlying systems issues that enable a toxic person to create a path of destruction in an organization, pervading others’ thoughts and energies, even undermining their very sense of well-being. Based on all-new research with over 400 leaders, many from the Fortune 500 list, this book illustrates how to manage existing toxic behaviors, create norms that prevent the growth or regrowth of toxic environments, and ultimately design organizational communities of respectful engagement. Kusy and Holloway’s research reveals the warning signs that indicate a serious behavioral problem and identifies how this toxicity spreads in systems with long-term effects on organizational climate, even after the person has left. Their two-year, cutting-edge research study provides very specific actions that leaders need to take to reduce both the intensity and frequency of toxic personalities at work. No other book provides this menu of options from a systems perspective with practical relevance in real work situations. You’ll learn how to identify the toxic personality and describe the leader reactions and approaches that typically don’t work. Toxic Workplace! provides hands-on approaches that work with research-based strategies at the individual, team, and organizational level.Toxic Workplace! will provide new insights on how leaders lead, how organizational cultures sustain themselves, and how teams deal with toxic personalities.

Unlock the creative and innovative potential of your team members with a new approach to feedback and review In Kindly Review: The Secret to Giving and Receiving Feedback to Make Your Ideas Great is a transformative new approach to taking the sting out of the review process and unlocking the innovative and creative power of your teams. You’ll learn to regain control over your work processes, from project start to completion, and get products to the finish line quickly and efficiently. The author identifies eight “classic” styles of giving feedback and contrasts them with the effective Kind Review process, a system for creating respectful, collaborative, and innovative working environments. You’ll find: Strategies for gathering, receiving, and giving feedback respectfully, productively, and kindly The reasons why receiving feedback can be so painful in the first place, and ways to reduce the emotional impact of critical and negative responses A comprehensive model for respectful workplace collaboration with team review and feedback at its foundation A can’t-miss roadmap to unlocking freedom, creativity, and innovation amongst your team members, Kindly Review belongs on the bookshelves of leader at for-profit firms, nonprofit agencies, and government departments looking for new ways to approach team leadership.