{"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:item:3c22ed03-96d6-44ad-ae5f-f2fcbbe85688", "type": "text", "profile": "standard", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-09-02T09:03:34.856279Z", "firstcreated": "2026-09-02T09:03:10.496174Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "urgency": 5, "language": "en", "headline": "Why Giving and Receiving Negative Feedback Is Hard for Leaders", "byline": "Gavin Kendall", "located": "United States", "copyrightholder": "Haydamax OÜ", "copyrightnotice": "Wireva / Cronkite", "usageterms": "Subscribers may republish this item in full, including translation and trimming, with the credit “Wireva / Cronkite”. Set rel=canonical to https://cronkite.online/business/why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders/ when publishing on the web.", "description_text": "Psychological research shows that constructive criticism is essential for leadership, yet many managers struggle to deliver it and even more struggle to accept it. The article explores the reasons behind this difficulty and its implications for workplace performance.", "altids": {"mosaic": "3c22ed03-96d6-44ad-ae5f-f2fcbbe85688", "story": "d934c6b9-388d-4569-b976-e1c1d18eaf8e", "slug": "why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders"}, "subject": [{"name": "Economy and business", "rel": "direct", "literal": "economy", "code": "medtop:04000000", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/", "uri": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/04000000"}], "place": [{"name": "United States", "literal": "us", "code": "US", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/countrycodes/"}], "person": [], "organisation": [], "genre": [{"name": "Standard story", "literal": "standard"}], "service": [{"name": "Wireva", "literal": "wireva"}], "associations": {"featuremedia": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:media:f418616b-016b-458a-9729-94be96e41bb7", "type": "picture", "version": "1", "pubstatus": "usable", "headline": "Why leaders struggle with negative feedback", "description_text": "Why Giving and Receiving Negative Feedback Is Hard for Leaders", "copyrightholder": "images.fastcompany.com", "copyrightnotice": "Why leaders struggle with negative feedback", "usageterms": "Picture belongs to the source publication: address and terms are delivered, the file is not.", "altids": {"wireva": "f418616b-016b-458a-9729-94be96e41bb7"}, "extra": {"wireva:delivery_mode": "link_only", "wireva:rights": {"licence": "", "licence_url": "", "licence_raw": "RSS source", "licence_verified_at": "2026-09-02T09:03:34.871931Z", "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Why leaders struggle with negative feedback", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": false, "share_alike_required": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"creator": "", "source_name": "images.fastcompany.com", "source_url": "https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/w_1280,q_auto,f_auto,fl_lossy/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2026/09/p-1-91593209-why-leaders-struggle-with-negative-feedback.jpg", "source_page_url": "https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/w_1280,q_auto,f_auto,fl_lossy/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2026/09/p-1-91593209-why-leaders-struggle-with-negative-feedback.jpg", "our_page_url": "https://cronkite.online/business/why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders/"}, "wireva:role": "lead"}, "renditions": {"source": {"href": "https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/w_1280,q_auto,f_auto,fl_lossy/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2026/09/p-1-91593209-why-leaders-struggle-with-negative-feedback.jpg", "mimetype": "image/jpeg"}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:story": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:d934c6b9-388d-4569-b976-e1c1d18eaf8e", "slug": "story-20260902-17", "status": "updated", "languages": ["de", "en", "es", "fr", "it", "nl", "uk"], "item_count": 21, "is_breaking": false}, "wireva:rights": {"class": "agency_original", "redistribution_allowed": true, "commercial_use_allowed": true, "modifications_allowed": true, "share_alike_required": false, "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Wireva / Cronkite", "canonical_required": true, "canonical_url": "https://cronkite.online/business/why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders/", "linkback_required": true, "licence": "Wireva subscriber licence", "licence_url": "", "licensor": "Haydamax OÜ", "valid_until": null, "excerpt_max_chars": 0, "decided_by_rule": "agency_original_verified", "needs_review": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"production_method": "automated", "ai_stages": {"editing": true, "drafting": true, "headline": true, "discovery": true, "classification": true, "image_selection": true, "source_collection": true, "cross_source_comparison": true}, "model": "", "human_reviewed": false, "reviewed_by": "", "reviewed_at": null, "editorial_control": true, "editorial_responsibility": "Haydamax OÜ (Wireva)", "factchecked": false, "verification_status": "multi_source", "independent_confirmations": 2, "official_source_used": false, "used_press_release": false, "public_interest": true, "ai_disclosure_required": true, "ai_disclosure_text": "This item was produced with AI assistance under the editorial responsibility of Haydamax OÜ.", "independence_check": {"status": "passed", "score": 0.142, "checked_at": "2026-09-02T09:03:34.869260Z"}}, "wireva:publication": {"name": "Cronkite", "domain": "cronkite.online", "country": "US", "url": "https://cronkite.online/business/why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders/"}, "wireva:links": {"self": "https://wireva.mib.news/api/v1/items/3c22ed03-96d6-44ad-ae5f-f2fcbbe85688", "html": "https://wireva.mib.news/item/3c22ed03-96d6-44ad-ae5f-f2fcbbe85688/why-giving-and-receiving-negative-feedback-is-hard-for-leaders/", "story": "https://wireva.mib.news/story/story-20260902-17/"}, "wireva:metrics": {"word_count": 483, "char_count": 3371, "reading_time_seconds": 241}}}