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.

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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Asking Employees for Feedback is Hard — Here's How to Make It as Painless as Possible

Asking employees for feedback is a powerful tool for building trust, enhancing engagement, and driving continuous improvement throughout your organization.

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Why The Feedback Sandwich Is Ineffective & What to Do Instead

Feedback (praise and criticism) is the atomic building block of management. To be a great boss you have to give frequent feedback. Praise is the best way of letting people know what to do more of. Criticism lets them know what to do less of. Some...

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How to Respond to Negative Feedback at Work That You Disagree With

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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11 Tips for Getting Feedback From Your Employees

Managers often ask us how to get feedback from employees. Understanding the best way to get feedback from employees is the first step toward creating a culture of Radical Candor. But it's not the only step.

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Feedback vs. Feedforward — Here's Why I Don't Like Either Word to Describe Radical Candor

There's been a lot of chatter lately about feedback vs. feedforward. Words matter. I don’t love the word feedback, but because it’s commonly used to show people what to do more of and what to do less of, I use it often.

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People Labeled 'B Players' May Be in the Wrong Job — Here's How to Tell

Everyone can be excellent at something. That’s very different from saying anyone can be good at anything—definitely not true. Sadly, lots of people never find work they are truly excellent at because they stay in the wrong job too long.

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5 Reasons People On Steep Growth Trajectories Are Underperforming (and What to Do About it)

*This article about underperforming employees while on a steep growth trajectory has been adapted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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6 Ways to Build Trust With Your Direct Reports Using the Principles of Radical Candor

According to Gallup's Leadership and Management Indicator, only 21% of employees in the U.S. trust the leadership in their organization. In addition, only 28% said they feel their manager communicates effectively and just 30% of employees feel their...

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