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.
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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...
Manipulatively Insincere praise is given not because it is genuine, but for another motive or agenda.
We've been sharing video tips from Kim and Russ every couple of weeks, and we started off with a bunch of tips about giving praise. We received feedback from one of our community, asking for more tips for giving criticism. How can you be Radically...
Praise can be Ruinously Empathetic when bosses try to be “nice” and get things wrong. Below are a few cautionary tales of how trying to make a person feel good without taking the time to understand the details of their work to challenge them...
If you think you've given criticism that was Ruinously Empathetic, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!
Radically Candid praise is immediate. You'll remember the specifics much better when you see something great and point it out right away. At Candor, Inc. we of course think great feedback is extremely important, and so in addition to trying to help...
Praise can be Obnoxiously Aggressive when it is given without any care for the recipient. Belittling compliments are one of the best examples of this.