Tips for Radically Candid Praise
The purpose of praise is to help people know what to do more of. Check out these tips for offering Radical Candor:
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Video Tip: Be Humble and Don't Personalize
We've got a quick video tip from the Betterworks Goal Summit 2016 talk that Kim did a couple months ago. She tells about a friend of hers whose use of two words put his criticism in the Obnoxious Aggression quadrant and earned him a reputation as a...
Criticism & Manipulative Insincerity
When you don’t Care Personally or Challenge Directly, criticism is Manipulatively Insincere.
'Solid' Praise Isn't Good Enough
‘Solid’ tends to be a neutral to slightly positive word. The times I’ve found it to be an effusive praise word, it’s been accompanied by a bunch of non-verbals: excited eyes, voice inflection, physical histrionics. You can hear someone saying it,...
Huey Lewis on Soliciting Radical Candor
A number of people have written in asking for advice on reacting to and soliciting feedback from their boss. The short answer is, try to make it easy for them to say what they're really thinking.
Video Tip: Radically Candid Praise is Helpful
In our previous video tip, Kim and Russ explained that Radically Candid praise is specific and sincere. This week, they start diving into the HIP approach with tips for making your praise helpful. When you explain exactly what is good and why, it...
Video: You Have Spinach in Your Teeth
If you’re already familiar with the Radical Candor framework, you know that we’ve labeled the axes “Challenge Directly” and “Care Personally”. Radically Candid praise and criticism is high on both of those axes. We also sometimes call them the...
The Beatles Probably Didn't "Work it Out"
We've been listening to "We can work it out" by the Beatles recently. The Beatles really seemed to want to work it out, but with their lack of Radical Candor, we're pretty sure the relationship was doomed. Check out how their approach stacks up - it...
Video Tip for Radically Candid Praise
Radical Candor means that you Challenge Directly and Care Personally. How can you apply these ideas when giving praise? Be specific and sincere. Being specific about what’s great rather than just saying “good job” inspires people to grow rather than...
Ruinous Empathy is a Waste of Your Time
Hi there - I'm Russ, and this is my first blog post for Candor, Incorporated. My Little League baseball players call me Coach Russ, and I'm going to run with that in this and future posts. Enough of the intros, let's get into it.