Accept Criticism At Work; Move Up The Learning Curve

You can be great at your work, but doesn’t mean it cannot be criticised. Accepting criticism can be a great way to grow.

Professionals at all levels, at some point or the other, face criticism – mostly for not fine tuning a particular task at hand. There are times when professionals are also criticised for their personal behavioral traits.

As individuals, our first reaction is always to negate this kind of criticism. However, experts feel that it’s important to understand why someone is criticising you or your work and find out how the same can be used to move up the learning curve. Even when we accept the criticism, we do not introspect on how to fix the problem.

Simran Oberoi, knowledge advisor, Society for Human Resource Management, shares some of the ways to accept criticism, for better growth within the organisation.

• Understand the source of criticism. Get further information from the feedback provider, such as the reasons and the impact.
• Deconstruct the feedback and understand whether the criticism is a constructive or not. This will help you remove the clutter from your mind and focus on the more high priority areas of development, for yourself.
• Make a thorough check of whether the criticism is related to a single piece of work/deliverable, some assigned responsibilities, a particular behavioral trait or your approach to some key issues. All of these can impact not only your immediate performance, but also your ability to scale up to a high-potential employee, who can move into leadership roles in the future.
• Tailor a plan to address the problem in the short, medium and long run. We tend to make long duration plans which may not have immediate implications and hence neglect the short run. Therefore, working on the plan to address the areas that were criticised means having your short-term and long-term goals clearly defined, and if possible the medium-term ones too.

People in leadership roles face criticism for several decisions and actions. It becomes even more imperative to manage the criticism at that position, since a leader also has a learning curve just as any other professional, but the expectation to move up the curve faster, is higher than any other employee.

Accepting criticism at that level also sets an open culture in the firm, which empowers employees to share and accept feedback freely and with maturity.

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