We recently shared a video of Russ telling a story about Ruinous Empathy. He talked about a time when he withheld his direct challenge in order to be "nice," but the story doesn't end there. In this next video, he tells us how his feedback turned...
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Kim recently asked her social media followers about great bosses they've had. What was it that made those bosses so great? Here's our round up of responses!
Radically Candid criticism is helpful. When you are really clear about what's wrong and why, you help the person fix the problem. But you may hesitate to give your criticism when you don't have actual help to offer or when you're worried that you...
Here's a story about Radical Candor from our evangelist Joe Dunn. Remember that Radical Candor Challenges Directly and shows you Care Personally. Often, you can establish a relationship of caring personally over time, and that will naturally show...
If you think you've given criticism that was Obnoxiously Aggressive, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!
Many of us struggle with Ruinous Empathy. We want to build and maintain relationships with people, so we don't want to say things that upset them. But if you focus too much on caring personally and don't offer directly challenges when you see...
If you've watched our Radical Candor video and wondered about the full stories behind the clips we included, you're in luck! We've got the complete versions to share with you, starting with our featured Obnoxious Aggression story.
There are a long list of things that every manager needs to do every day, every week, every quarter, to be successful. One of these, which we’ve been heavily focused on to start, is feedback. We believe that feedback is at the center of what...
If you think you've given criticism that was Manipulatively Insincere, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!
We think stories are a great way to understand what Radical Candor looks like in practice. And we've heard that you do too! Many of you have asked for more examples of how Radical Candor manifests in different contexts. What do these tough...