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Report Digs Into Teachers' Feedback And Finds Bias Towards Minority Students

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Positive Feedback Bias, Grading, Psychology, Latino, Essay, Kent Harber, Feedback, Achievement Gap, Students, Teachers, Minority, African American, Education News

By: Robyn Gee When white teachers were asked to give feedback on C-minus level essays, they gave more positive feedback when they believed the studen...

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A Wavy Line: The Shortest Distance Between My Boss and Me

Maureen Anderson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Construction, Performance Review, Feedback, Business News

"Sally, get in the truck," my superintendent said late one afternoon the summer I worked construction, using the nickname I'd been assigned -- though ...

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Are You Afraid of Getting Negative Feedback?

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Leadership, Women in Business, Confidence, Inner Critic, Feedback, Fear of Criticism, Authentic Self, Women News

I want to offer you a concept shift, a whole new way of thinking about feedback that has allowed feedback to serve me, instead of scare me.

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About Leadership: Building Best Teams

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Leadership, Team Building, Feedback, Corporate Leadership, Leadership Practice, Leadership Advice, Leadership Situations, Business News

In our Building Best Teams course, we all realized that we needed to learn, or re-learn, the language we used in talking to others in our team, in giving feedback to colleagues, and, when asked, to our boss.

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The Clouds Are Falling, the Clouds Are Falling

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Iris Effect, Water Vapor, Climate, Dick Lindzen, Climate Science, Climate Change, Feedback, Climate Skeptics, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Sensitivity, Clouds, Global Temperatures, Green News

Does a new study lend support to Richard Lindzen's "iris effect" hypothesis?

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Pushing Past the Pain of Feedback

Brian Tolle | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Supervisor, Management, Feedback, Business News

There is a tried and tested method for giving someone feedback that doesn't make you the bad guy. In fact, the odds are in your favor that the employee will see you in a positive light.

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Four Tips For Getting Constructive Feedback

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Creativity, Artistry, Inspiration, Writing, Feedback, Boosters, Constructive Criticism, Encouragers, Fifty News

Creativity does not thrive in a vacuum. Eventually, what you have created in secret or composed on the sly wants to come out and be noticed. This is where things can get tricky, particularly if you are new to a creative pursuit. In these instances, soliciting feedback can be an emotionally difficult process rife with vulnerability and hurt feelings. Worse yet, there is the danger that you will turn a less than enthusiastic response into rejection of you.

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About Leadership: The Great Outdoors

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Leadership, Executive Team Building, Feedback, Leadership Courses, Business News

I don't know who originated the fad for taking middle and upper managers, or candidates for such posts, out of the office and into the woods for a week, but it has been very popular for quite a while now.

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2 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Vegetables (That Actually Work!)

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Children, Feedback, Vegetables, Rewards, Parenting, Balanced Diet, Children's Health, Motivation, Parents News

New research by psychologist Lucy Cooke and her colleagues at University College London shows that with rewards, children not only eat their vegetables, but learn to like them, too.

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Who Are You, Really?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Leader, Change, Behavior, Executive, Feedback, Business Leadership, Business News

Most of us have behaviors that make up what we define as "me." If we buy into our definitions, we can excuse almost any action we take by saying, "That's just the way I am!" It's when we let go of these definitions that we can do our best work.

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What Was That?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coach, Care, Feedback, Dialogue Assessment, Listen, Wrong, Future, Marshall Goldsmith, Healthy Living News

The next time someone looks at you and says, "You're not listening," apologize. Just reply, "I am sorry. I will try to better in the future." How do to better? Start looking like you care.

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Give the Gift of Impact

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holiday, Feedback, Jolkona, Mdg?S, Greatest Person of the Day, Microgiving, Giving, Web-Based Giving, Giftcards, Youth Philanthropy, Impact News

Keep your holiday shopping meaningful by sharing a global impact that will keep the philanthropic spirit alive well after the holidays are over.

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Managing Behavior With One Strike, You're Out

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Employee Reviews, Business Management, Performance Evaluations, Managing People, Employee Warnings, Annual Reviews, Feedback, Human Resources, 360 Feedback, Performance Management, Management, Business News

Corporate America has a bad habit. It tolerates, perpetuates and systemically ignores bad behavior by keeping problem employees around far longer than they should.

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How a Coach Can Distinguish You in the Workplace

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Women, Mentors, Coach, Feedback, Training, Professional Development, Evaluation, Communication, Business News

Having a personal career coach for C-level executives is expected as part of their continuing professional development and it also makes great busines...

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Performance Reviews: It's Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It

Dan Goleman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Criticism, Emotional Intelligence, Hr, Feedback, Performance Reviews, Samuel Culbert, Richie Davidson, Business News

Performance reviews are the HR ritual that everyone dreads. And now brain science shows that positive or negative, the way in which that review gets ...

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Pushing for Transparency: How Scribnia is Leveling the Blogosphere

Clément Yeung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reviews, Blogging, Scribnia, Feedback, Technology News

Note: If you're a writer, this interview may give you some valuable insight as to how you could benefit by promoting yourself on this kind of social ...

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The Universe Rewards Action, Not Thought

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Listening, Self Help, How to Listen, Feedback, Integrity, The Inner Life, Personal Integrity, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

When confronted with a challenge, thoughtful consideration of possible ways forward is important. But until you're willing to take action, not much will happen.

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Sony PlayStation Move Ready for Holiday

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kinect, Move, Components, Sensor, October, Axis, Dads, Archery, Interface, Beach, Playstation, Heavy, Shoot, Volleyball, Sports, Sphere, Vibration, System, Evil, Gladiator, Tennis, Bundle, Feedback, Controller, Person, Tech, Xbox, Shooter, Sony, Demo, Table, Duel, Rain, Cost, Disc, Golf, Resident, Bocce, Technology News

PlayStation Move, Sony's answer to Microsoft's Kinect for XBOX 360, is not simply a wireless controller: it's an ecosystem focused on the Move motion controller.

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To Lefties: How Does Obama Disappoint?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lefties, Lefty, President Obama, Plum Line, Shortcomings, Gibbs, Feedback, Choices, Choose, Disappointment, Survey, Obama, Greg Sargent, Disappoints, Barack Obama, Failures, Disappointed, Disillusioned, Disappoint, Faults, Chris Weigant, Inside the Beltway, Robert Gibbs, Left, Professional Left, Sargent, Politics News

While the major fallout from Gibbs' "the professional left" flap has died down a bit, a second round of examination seems to have begun -- one much more introspective and much less knee-jerk than the first round.

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Are You Keeping Pace With Change -- or Not?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workforce, Connection, Leader, Feedback, Drucker, Contractor, Organization, Engage, Temporary Worker, Change, Cranky Middle Manager, Telecommute, Part-Time, Team, Inspire, Coaching, Turmel, Business News

Wayne Turmel is a unique voice in the leadership and communication field. Recently, I had the chance to ask him some questions about how the world of work has changed and how leaders haven't kept pace.

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The Power of Promotion

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Promotions, Feedback, Workkplace, 360 Feedback, Business, Executive Power, Management, Performance, Business News

So in the end, who makes the best managers? Which individuals get the most out of their teams and produce the best business results for their employers?

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Brain Science and Managerial Cannibalism

Charles S. Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Management, Work, Brain Science, Managerial Techniques, Management Rewired, Books, Feedback, James McConell, Books News

Our penchant for thinking, rather than just reacting, is why managers end up with such unreasonable responses to their time-honored practices. The feedback they give produces the opposite of what they intend.

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The Suggestion Box Ate My Idea: Making Crowdsourcing Actionable

Daniel Dworkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 2.0, Branding, Social Media, Innovation, Technology, Feedback, Crowdsourcing, Business News

The crowdsourcing technology market is quickly becoming saturated and each app has its own unique use. Here's the best of what's out there.

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Simon Cowell: A True Friend

James M. Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liars, Friendship, Simon Cowell, Lies, Lying, Friends, Workplace, Honesty, Feedback, Gordon Ramsay, American Idol, Workplace Taboos, Truth, Culture, Entertainment News

A true friend is one who will tell you the truth whether or not you want to hear it, whether it might endanger the status quo of the friendship or not.

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Did I Have Lettuce in My Teeth? Asking for Feedback After the Job You Didn't Get.

Suzanne Grossman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Career, Job Interviews, Job Search, Interview Skills, Feedback, Healthy Living News

The rejection was not really a rejection of me at all. I was incredibly grateful for this information. I could move forward with my search with confidence knowing I was on the right track.

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