What to Say When: Someone Criticizes You

People react differently to criticism, some people get upset, emotional, or defensive. What do you say when a coworker criticizes you? This video presents a communication strategy to deal with criticism, focused on solving the problem. Viewers learn how to get the best results when criticized in the workplace.

This course is part of the What To Say When series on workplace communication. Use the courses in this series to help solve specific workplace issues, whether you are a manager remediating a situation or an individual trying to deal with a problem. These short vignettes present common communication dilemmas in the workplace. Human Resource expert Hugh Murray shares communication strategies and tactics for navigating these situations.

Each vignette features narrative examples for employees to see the wrong and right way to handle a problem, and ends with a short assessment to measure learner comprehension. Each course also includes a leader guide and a downloadable “key points” document to help you remember the communication strategy. These courses make for great training on their own, or used as a series.

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Anyone who wants to deal with someone criticizing them

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