Taking criticism
Featured in the The Assertiveness Skills Pack training manual
By Joanna Gutmann
Category: Communication Skills
Credit price: 2 download credits (Single user)
If criticism is to have a beneficial effect, it must be given and received assertively. The fact that criticism happens ‘on the spot’, rather than in the carefully planned environment of an appraisal, makes the interpersonal skill element all the more important.
In this training resource, participants consider and practise the skill of taking criticism assertively.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to consider and practise the skill of assertively accepting criticism.
- Themes:
- Assertive behaviour,
- Taking criticism,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:40:00 |
| No of Pages: | 7 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: Video or DVD playback machine & TV monitor, Blank video cassettes and labels.
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with all staff who wish to improve their assertiveness skills. All participants should have completed, ‘Rights in assertiveness’, and must have taken part in, ‘Behaviour styles’, or have undergone basic assertiveness training, to provide them with the background information and understanding to support this activity.
Download the training activity, Taking criticism as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Assertiveness Skills Pack