Practices to get, give and encourage guidance and feedback at work (praise and criticism).
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Teams with regular, candid feedback see 15% lower turnover (Gallup), 3× higher engagement (SHRM), and 39% higher productivity (ClearCompany). Radical Candor® gives your managers the skills to have the conversations that keep your best people around — kind, clear, specific, and sincere feedback they can give on a Tuesday, not save for a quarterly review.
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Practice what you'll say before you say it. Compass helps you prepare for difficult feedback — so when the moment comes, you're ready. Built on the Radical Candor® methodology.
The Radical Candor Quiz
How Radically Candid is your communication? Test your knowledge of the Radical Candor Framework to find out if you tend toward Radical Candor, Ruinous Empathy, Obnoxious Aggression or Manipulative Insincerity.
Care Personally + Challenge Directly.
Radical Candor® means giving a damn about the person you're talking to and saying what you actually think. Most feedback falls into one of three failure modes: Ruinous Empathy (too nice, you withhold the truth), Obnoxious Aggression (brutal honesty without the care), or Manipulative Insincerity (you avoid it entirely). Radical Candor® is the fourth — kind and clear and specific and sincere.
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“With Radical Candor, Kim has bottled some of Google’s magic and shared it with the world.”
Shona Brown
Former SVP Business Operations at Google
“Radical Candor is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories from Kim Scott’s own experiences at places like Apple, Google and various start-ups. Indispensable.”
Gretchen Rubin
Author of NYT bestseller The Happiness Project
“Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kickass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously...
If you manage people—whether it be 1 person or a 1,000—you need Radical Candor. Now.”
Daniel Pink
Author of NYT bestseller Drive
“Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives.”
Sheryl Sandberg
Author of the NYT bestseller Option B
“With Radical Candor, Kim has bottled some of Google’s magic and shared it with the world.”
Shona Brown
Former SVP Business Operations at Google
“Radical Candor is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories from Kim Scott’s own experiences at places like Apple, Google and various start-ups. Indispensable.”
Gretchen Rubin
Author of NYT bestseller The Happiness Project
“Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kickass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously...
If you manage people—whether it be 1 person or a 1,000—you need Radical Candor. Now.”
Daniel Pink
Author of NYT bestseller Drive
“Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives.”
Sheryl Sandberg
Author of the NYT bestseller Option B
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