Hopping in Houston

Business is cooking and seminars are being marinaded. I am expanding my presentation of one of the Communication and Leadership Programs we are doing. Today, I am working on the section about giving and accepting criticism productively. Some of my research says that criticism should not be sandwiched between praise. I would challenge that statement. I am an avid believer in praising a persons strength, then telling them how that strength can support a requested change. I see that as supportive criticism not sandwiched between mindless praise. If criticism is presented in this supportive manner it is easier to give and easier to receive. The change might even happen if someone believes they have the ability to make the change.