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The Radical Candor Blog: Radical Reading

Read stories and advice from Kim Scott and the team to help you bring Radical Candor to life.
Give Bad News Early
How Delivering Bad News Early Strengthens Your Relationships at Work

How Delivering Bad News Early Strengthens Your Relationships at Work

Telling a person at the last minute that you can’t fulfill a commitment does real damage to your relationship. Of…

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Video Tip: Embrace the Discomfort When Asking for Radical Candor

Video Tip: Embrace the Discomfort When Asking for Radical Candor

We talk a lot about how to give feedback, how to be helpful, humble, immediate, how to balance praise and…

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Feedback Listening Kim Scott
Effective Feedback Always Begins With Soliciting Feedback (AKA Listening) Before Giving It

Effective Feedback Always Begins With Soliciting Feedback (AKA Listening) Before Giving It

Esther Bintliff recently interviewed me for the Financial Times about Radical Candor — feedback that is kind, clear, specific and…

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People Do Want Feedback
Research Confirms It — People Actually Do Want Feedback, But How You Give It Matters

Research Confirms It — People Actually Do Want Feedback, But How You Give It Matters

While the thought of giving or getting feedback might conjure up dread, or as one friend said to me when…

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Radical Candor Workshop
Join Natasha Osmond-Dreyer, Radical Candor’s Australia-Based Candor Coach, for a Public 2-Hour Radical Candor Workshop

Join Natasha Osmond-Dreyer, Radical Candor’s Australia-Based Candor Coach, for a Public 2-Hour Radical Candor Workshop

Join Natasha Osmond-Dreyer, Radical Candor’s Australia-based Candor Coach, for a public two-hour Radical Candor workshop on 09/15/22 from 11 a.m. —…

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Radical Candor & Mental Health At Work
How Practicing Radical Candor Can Help Remove the Stigma Around Mental Health Discussions at Work

How Practicing Radical Candor Can Help Remove the Stigma Around Mental Health Discussions at Work

*This post about Radical Candor and mental health discussions at work was contributed by Chris Harley. It wasn’t until my…

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Summer 2022 Reading
Add These 10 Radically Relevant Books to Your 2022 Summer Reading List for Inspiration, Empowerment and Hope for the Future

Add These 10 Radically Relevant Books to Your 2022 Summer Reading List for Inspiration, Empowerment and Hope for the Future

Looking for some inspiring books to add to your 2022 summer reading list? We've curated a summer reading list of…

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Don’t Save It Up — Give Immediate Feedback Because Feedback Has a Short Half Life

Don’t Save It Up — Give Immediate Feedback Because Feedback Has a Short Half Life

Radically Candid praise and criticism is immediate. You'll remember the specifics much better when you point something out right away,…

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Kim Scott Club
Want to Join a Radical Community to Help You Kick Ass at Work? Register for Kim Scott’s ‘Leading With Radical Candor’ Career Development Book Club

Want to Join a Radical Community to Help You Kick Ass at Work? Register for Kim Scott’s ‘Leading With Radical Candor’ Career Development Book Club

Join Kim Scott, author of Just Work and Radical Candor, in her new Career Development Book Club on Fable. In…

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Micromanager
Micromanagement, Absentee Management or Thought Partnership — Which One Do You Practice?

Micromanagement, Absentee Management or Thought Partnership — Which One Do You Practice?

We call the practice of managers who have low, almost non-existent involvement in their team’s work absentee management. Those with…

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  • How Delivering Bad News Early Strengthens Your Relationships at Work
  • Video Tip: Embrace the Discomfort When Asking for Radical Candor
  • Effective Feedback Always Begins With Soliciting Feedback (AKA Listening) Before Giving It
  • Research Confirms It — People Actually Do Want Feedback, But How You Give It Matters
  • Join Natasha Osmond-Dreyer, Radical Candor’s Australia-Based Candor Coach, for a Public 2-Hour Radical Candor Workshop
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