Let’s Talk: How Peer Feedback Drives Workplace Productivity

There is nothing worse than a tattletale. In the workplace, this is when a colleague doesn’t like what you’re doing, and he or she gives your boss feedback, and your boss gives this feedback to you. Seems a little roundabout, right?

I’ve experienced this third-party feedback in previous positions – never face-to-face, always behind-the-back. When it happens to me, I get frustrated. After the frustration wanes, I’ll typically approach the person who gave the original feedback to gather additi...