What is the 'Lazy Girl Job' Trend? There's Actually Nothing Lazy About Work-Life Balance
The recent viral TikTok trend, the “lazy girl job,” is the latest evidence that Gen Z is tired of hustle culture.
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How to Overcome Protective Hesitation So EVERYONE Gets the Feedback They Deserve to Learn and Grow
Shortly after she published Radical Candor, Kim Scott realized that biased feedback and protective hesitation make giving and receiving guidance more difficult for underrepresented employees.
Is A Too-Nice Workplace Culture of Ruinous Empathy Just as Damaging as a Toxic One?
A toxic workplace culture is the top reason people cite for leaving their jobs, and it was the main catalyst for the Great Resignation, a phenomenon that resulted in tens of millions of workers quitting in 2022. As companies scramble to reverse this...
The Pandemic Pause On Student Loan Payments is Ending — Here’s How Companies Can Save Their Employees from Drowning In Debt
For employees with college degrees, the student loan debt crisis and the looming end of the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments are top of mind. While companies alone cannot solve the problem, there are ways employers can help employees...
Better Management Training is the Key to Re-Engaging Quiet Quitters
Low employee engagement — largely due to poor management training — costs the global economy $8.8 trillion. That’s 9% of global GDP, according to Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace report.
What Does Gen Z Want at Work? Radical Candor is Just the Beginning
If you’re a manager today, you’re likely managing Gen Z workers, and asking yourself: What does Gen Z want at work? As Marketing advisor Chantel Adams says on TikTok, “Simply put, [Gen Z] wants the same things you wanted once upon a time before you...
To Be Successful at Growth Management, You Need to Know How To Have Radically Candid Career Conversations
Helping each person on your team grow in the direction of their dreams is part of being a kick-ass boss, and it's the key to successful growth management. This is why you can't skip having Career Conversations, or as Gallup refers to them — "stay...
5 Reasons People On Steep Growth Trajectories Are Underperforming (and What to Do About it)
*This article about underperforming employees while on a steep growth trajectory has been adapted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.
Here's How to Stop Disempowering Your Employees and Start Creating a Cohesive Team
A leader’s job is to ensure that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It seems it should go without saying that belittling each part is not a good way to achieve that goal. But too often bosses are not subject to checks and balances in...
You’re Invited to Experience Radical Candor on Sessions by MasterClass
Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff are so excited to announce that a Radical Candor MasterClass is finally here!