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So You’re Younger Than Your Direct Reports...

We frequently talk to managers who find it challenging to have direct reports who are older or more experienced than they are. We’re taught from a young age to “respect our elders,” which actually means to defer to them. With this kind of...

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Candor’s “Give Feedback” Playbook

We’ve been so excited about all the engagement we’ve gotten from our podcast listeners. We are getting great, thoughtful questions after each episode, and we know they’re questions that others have as well! So we’ll be sharing some of the advice...

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Fighting Bloviating BS with Radical Candor

Radical Candor can be applied not just in feedback conversations, but in all interactions. Think for example about Radical Candor during meetings, brainstorming, public relations, etc. Each of these types of communications have their own unique...

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How Can I Stop My Ruinous Empathy?

For those of you who are familiar with our Radical Candor framework, you’ll remember that Ruinous Empathy is in the upper left. High Care Personally, low Challenge Directly. It categorizes behavior in which someone is trying to be “nice” in an...

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3 Steps for Offering Radical Candor to Executives

DILEMMA: Providing criticism to senior executives can be a daunting undertaking. How do you practice Radical Candor with executives, especially if you know they haven’t been receptive to criticism in the past?

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Radical Candor in Kabul

I received a great question from a reader recently that I wanted to share.

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Setting a Tone of Radical Candor with a New Team

I recently received this question from one of our readers:

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Being Radically Candid with people in remote offices

We received this question from one of our readers:

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Update on Radical Candor Dilemma #1

The reader who wanted advice on Being Radically Candid With a New Team that's Demotivated wrote in with an update, which I thought was worth sharing. Here it is:

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What to do when you're being Radically Candid but everybody thinks you're a jerk...

Dozens of people have asked me some version of this question over the past few days. Here are some ideas…

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