There’s an old idea I’ve always found useful: appreciate in public, criticise in private. But even private criticism needs care. It needs to be offered with the intention of helping, not winning.
Source: Are we becoming too harsh without even realizing?
This is just one of the wonderful takeaways from the post, so I urge you to go and read this. The part about giving good feedback personally resonates. I take effort to share feedback to my mentees and people who reported to me and they always appreciated it.
And I, for one, deeply appreciate anyone who has feedback for me - compliments in public and criticisms in private to help me improve. Share this link or send me a note. And in advance, thank you.