Communication Skills

How to Give Feedback Without Damaging Relationships

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  1. 19 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

    The reference list cites 'Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (2021). Meta-Analysis of Feedback Interventions Revisited. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 163' with DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.202; A specific quote is attributed verbatim to 'Dr. Heidi Grant, social psychologist and author of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.' Heidi Grant (Halvorson) is a real social psychologist and

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    <li>Kluger, A. N., &amp; DeNisi, A. (2021). Meta-Analysis of Feedback Interventions Revisited. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 163. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2021.01.005" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kluger et al. (2021): Meta-Analysis of Feedback Interventions Revisited</a></li> [...] <blockquote> <p>&quot;The feedback that changes behavior is the feedback that the recipient cannot escape into abstraction. Specificity is the tool that keeps the conversation honest, and fairness is the trust that lets the specificity land.&quot;</p> <p>Dr. Heidi Grant, social psychologist and author of &quot;Nine Things Successful People Do Differently&quot;</p> </blockquote>

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    (removed - no replacement text; the fabricated content was deleted rather than corrected) [...] <p>As social psychologist Heidi Grant and other feedback researchers have observed, feedback that changes behavior tends to be specific and concrete rather than vague or abstract, and fairness in delivery is what allows that specificity to be accepted rather than resisted.</p>

    Why: The reference list cites 'Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (2021). Meta-Analysis of Feedback Interventions Revisited. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 163' with DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.202; A specific quote is attributed verbatim to 'Dr. Heidi Grant, social psychologist and author of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.' Heidi Grant (Halvorson) is a real social psychologist and

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  1. Correction 19 July 2026

    Emir Baycan: The reference list cites 'Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (2021). Meta-Analysis of Feedback Interventions Revisited. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 163' with DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.202; A specific quote is attributed verbatim to 'Dr. Heidi Grant, social psychologist and author of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.' Heidi Grant (Halvorson) is a real social psychologist and

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