Individual Project Term Paper

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Constructive criticism is one of the most common phrases used by people in both the business and personal areas of their daily lives. Despite its apparent popularity, constructive criticism is often misused and abused, and little understood by either those who give or receive what they term to be 'constructive' criticism. Many times, any sort of criticism is described as "constructive," when in reality this type of criticism is not constructive at all, and is instead largely feedback that is focused on a personal, rather than job or professional, aspect (Arothe-Vaughn).

In the past year, I received some criticism from a coach in a non-competitive sport's league. The coach chose to comment on my inability to pass the ball, and suggested rather loudly and assertively that I should not be a "selfish ball hog." Instead, the coach clearly insinuated that I should pass the ball to my teammates, instead of "always hogging the ball," and "not ever giving anyone else a chance to score.
" The coach made these comments loudly in the middle of a game, and in clear earshot of my family, my teammates, and many of my friends from school. The coach's tone of voice was confrontational, aggressive, and clearly agitated and stressed. I was surprised by these comments from my usually calm coach, and did not respond, other than to nod my head, and blush furiously with embarrassment. I was deeply humiliated by the coach's loud comments, and wanted to immediately crawl under a rock. However, the end effect of the coach's public comments is that I was quickly embarrassed into passing the ball to my teammates.

I feel that the coach handled this conflict in a poor and completely unprofessional way. The coach violated important rules of giving constructive criticism by creating a great deal of stress for me, and significantly damaging our interpersonal relationship. Further, the coach violated several of the "golden rules" of constructive criticism by 1) not giving criticism….....

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