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A Year in Review: Zooming Through Time and Space

March 2, 2020: I finished a Radical Candor keynote at the airport hotel in Newark, NJ; but instead of going to Miami to deliver another keynote, I was rerouted back home to Los Angeles. I haven’t been on a plane since. Still, I’ve had the good...

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#StopAsianHate — 5 Ways To Be an Upstander Instead of a Bystander

#StopAsianHate is a call to action to stop anti-Asian hate and violence. In solidarity with our Asian community, let’s talk about how to confront hate and injustice when we see it happening, whether it’s on the street or at work. We can no longer be...

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Use Feedback to Break Biases and Think More Clearly

When I was a child, my family used to have dinner every Sunday night with my grandparents. My grandfather said grace: “Lord, make us grateful for these and all our blessings, and keep us ever mindful of the needs of others.” When I turned twelve, I...

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8 Questions With Kim Scott About Bias, Prejudice, Bullying & Just Work

By Kim Scott & Trier Bryant We―all of us―consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the workforce even as we include, overestimate, and promote others, often beyond their level of competence. Not only is this...

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Together, We All Can Just Work: Introducing ‘Just Work’ the Book and Just Work the Company!

I am so excited to share with you my next book, Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair, when it makes its way into the world and on to bookshelves everywhere March 16! Publishing a book feels like giving birth and sending that child off to their...

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Emotional Reactions At Work Are Awkward: Here’s How To Deal

When you’re delivering difficult feedback, even in a caring way, people are likely to get emotional. That’s OK; emotional reactions are normal. While you might be tempted to deliver feedback you know will elicit strong emotions in email, chat, or...

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6 Ways to Roll Out Radical Candor Like a Boss

We love working closely with teams rolling out Radical Candor, and offer coaching, training and customized workshops. We can help teach you to:

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Applying Radical Candor to Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

This post, Applying Radical Candor to Dysfunctional Family Dynamics, was contributed by one of our readers.

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Radically Inclusive Virtual Workshops: Real-Time Learnings From Zoom

This post about Radically Inclusive virtual workshops is by Candor Coach Melissa Andrada.

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4 Ways to Help New Managers Succeed

I’ve had a 22-year operational management career, and naturally, I’ve had a lot of new managers in my organizations over the years. ‘New managers,’ in this case, means ‘new-to-management’ not so much ‘new-to-me’ or ‘new-to-the-org.’ I’m talking...

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