A Better Way to Work
Radical Candor® — Caring Personally while Challenging Directly — is guidance that’s kind and clear, specific and sincere. The antidote to toxic company cultures, it’s a simple concept that’s not always easy to practice.
That’s where we come in. Contact us to learn how you can reduce turnover, improve performance, and boost collaboration.
Change is hard. We can help.
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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.
What is radical candor?
A management philosophy based on Caring Personally while Challenging Directly.
Practices to get, give and encourage guidance and feedback at work (praise and criticism).
Strategies for building a cohesive team.
Tools to help you and your team get stuff done with less drama.
It’s not a license to act like a jerk.
It’s not an invitation to get creepily personal.
It’s not just for managers — we all want to succeed.
Radical Candor:
a Global Phenomenon
Radical Candor is being shared around the world. Read more on our News page.
It All Started With the Book that’s Reshaping Modern Management
“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