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Discussion on: How do I handle brutal feedback from colleague?

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Chris Jarvis

Introduce them or the company to the Hamburger Method of putting criticism between constructive compliments.
see this quote and blog for more.

I once suggested the hamburger method to a client who quickly dismissed the technique as “candy coating.” Maybe it is, but if it gets a better result, isn’t that the whole point? Medicine manufactures candy coat medicine all the time for two reasons:1) So people will take it, and2) because it tastes like crap if they don’t.If given the choice between cherry or crap flavored medicine, which would you chose?

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Matthew Daly

I've had that approach advocated in the past, but not by that name. The name I've always heard for it is the "shit sandwich".