Kim Scott

Kim Scott is the author of the NYT bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better. She was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies, and a faculty member at Apple University. Before that, Kim led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. She co-hosts the podcast and co-founded the company Radical Candor.

Radically Candid Hugs

Show you Care Personally in just 6 seconds My friend Stacy Brown-Philpot, who just became Task Rabbit’s CEO--go, Stacy!--recently shared a great tip for establishing that you “Care Personally” in just 6 seconds. Stacy learned this tip from...

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Why emails with the salutation “Gentlemen” drive me ape shit (admittedly, a disproportionate response)

The other day I asked a guy I work with what his team thought of an idea I had. It turned out that everybody liked my idea, and so X forwarded me the thread to let me know I was free to proceed with it. However, when I got his email I forgot all...

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How to be Radically Candid About B.O.

In an article about Radical Candor in the Financial Times recently, Mrs. Moneypenny described a Dreaded Moment for a boss. This is an experience that anyone who’s been a manager for over 10 years has had: the employee with extreme body odor. If...

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Radical Candor in Kabul

I received a great question from a reader recently that I wanted to share.

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Radical Candor Misfire

Here is a story from a reader about a boss who was trying to be radically candid, but didn't quite hit the mark.

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Setting a Tone of Radical Candor with a New Team

I recently received this question from one of our readers:

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Being Radically Candid with people in remote offices

We received this question from one of our readers:

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Update on Radical Candor Dilemma #1

The reader who wanted advice on Being Radically Candid With a New Team that's Demotivated wrote in with an update, which I thought was worth sharing. Here it is:

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What to do when you're being Radically Candid but everybody thinks you're a jerk...

Dozens of people have asked me some version of this question over the past few days. Here are some ideas…

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