How to Accept Criticism While at Work

What if your boss is a perfectionist and is highly critical of small mistakes, even on themselves? Perfectionists are hard people to please. Try to realize they are likely to take on board more work than is their own, adding to their stress and causing their own mistakes and radiate irritation. They are projecting their feelings of inadequacy. First, recognize the problem lies with them; second, help this person to see that they are doing stellar work, that the team is doing terrifically and that no person is an island and that it needs all of you to make the work a success. If your pleas to let go of the tiny mistakes fall on deaf ears, it's time to go above this boss and alert their superior as to the effects of the perfectionism on the team.