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.

The Most Important Thing Leaders Should Think About in 2026

By Kim Scott I’ve been thinking about what the most important thing is for leaders to think about in 2026. This may be kind of a random segue, but I was born in 1967 - the Age of Aquarius. Peace, love, harmony. All you need is love. That was the era...

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Fun Feedback Exercises & Activities to Do With Your Team

Every once in a while, if you’re lucky, you get to work on something that is so fun you can’t believe it’s work. For me, collaborating with my team and the folks at Second City Works to create a workplace comedy series, The Feedback Loop, was one of...

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Quiet cracking: a person stressed out at work

Want to Stop Quiet Cracking? Double Down On Radical Candor

*This post about how to apply Radical Candor in a crisis was originally written at the beginning of the pandemic. In the wake of recent mass layoffs at tech companies and reports of 'quiet cracking', this information about how to communicate during...

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Now You Can Talk Radical Candor 24/7 With the Kim Scott Portrait

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and co-founder of Radical Candor, a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice. She...

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Resisting Coercion and Conformity Demands a Conscious Design: Here's How to Get Started

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and co-founder of Radical Candor, a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice....

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The Problem With Passion: Not Everyone Who Works for You Loves their Job, and that’s OK

*This article has been adapted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott with additional reporting by Brandi Neal. Learn more about why you don't have to be passionate about your job on the Radical Candor...

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13 Things to Consider In Your 2025 Performance Review Process

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and co-founder of Radical Candor, a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice.

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A Letter to a Young Employee: How to Handle Poor Management Feedback

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and co-founder of Radical Candor, a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice.

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How to Use the Radical Candor Framework to Gauge Your Feedback and Keep It On Track

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and co-founder of Radical Candor, a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice.

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Don't Save It Up: Why Immediate Feedback is So Important

Giving immediate feedback is one of the most important things a manager can do. When you provide feedback right away, it has a much greater impact than waiting for the "right time."

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