For a couple years I worked under a nasty boss. He was very smart, but dreadfully upsetting. Not a single mistake escaped his attention, nor his insufferable frankness. No matter how much was completed with superb quality, he'd find something that was wrong or could have been better. And the feedback was often scathingly confrontational. "How could you have missed this? What were you thinking?"
The Perils of Punishment-Minded Feedback
The Perils of Punishment-Minded Feedback
The Perils of Punishment-Minded Feedback
For a couple years I worked under a nasty boss. He was very smart, but dreadfully upsetting. Not a single mistake escaped his attention, nor his insufferable frankness. No matter how much was completed with superb quality, he'd find something that was wrong or could have been better. And the feedback was often scathingly confrontational. "How could you have missed this? What were you thinking?"