News, Tips & Advice

  • There are no suggestions because the search field is empty.

Building a Team (7)

Balancing Growth and Stability: Why Your Team Needs People On Both Steep and Gradual Growth Trajectories

This post about balancing team growth and stability is an adapted excerpt from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Get bulk book discounts for teams and download our reading guide to test your knowledge of the concepts as...

Read More

People Don't Leave Jobs, They Leave Managers — Here's How to Be a Thought Partner Instead of an Absentee or Micromanager

You may have heard the saying: people don't leave their jobs, they leave their managers. More specifically, they leave micromanagers and absentee managers.

Read More

Radical Pay Transparency Can Narrow Unfair Disparities and Create an Environment Where People Can Focus On Doing Their Best Work

I recently spoke to CGTN and the New York Times about new pay transparency laws that require employers to disclose salary ranges. These new laws are the first step toward narrowing unjust disparities that create significant roadblocks to success for...

Read More

Are You a Manager of Managers? Here's How Speak-Truth-To-Power Meetings Can Make Your Workplace More Equitable

One of the most important things any manager of managers can do to foster a culture of Radical Candor is to have so-called “skip-level meetings.” I don’t love the term “skip level” because it reinforces hierarchy and the whole point of this process...

Read More

3 Easy Steps to Staff Meetings That Don't Suck

Every CEO, middle manager and first-time manager I have ever worked with has struggled to figure out how to run a productive staff meeting.

Read More

6 Steps for Setting Measurable Goals to Avoid "Productivity Paranoia"

With more people working in remote and hybrid environments than ever before, company, team and individual goals must be explicit and measurable. Setting goals is an ideal way to stave off what Microsoft calls "productivity paranoia."

Read More

Stuck In The Feedback Loop? This Radical Candor Training Tool Will Show You The Way Out (And It's Fun!)

What’s feedback got to do with it? If it’s running a successful business or building strong relationships, effective feedback is everything. And if you're stuck in a negative feedback loop at work, you're likely losing time, money and the best...

Read More

What Do Kick-Ass Bosses Do to Stop Quiet Quitting? They Actually Care About Their Employees

Do you want to know how to stop quiet quitting? The answer is simple, but it's not easy. Learn to practice Radical Candor.

Read More

6 Tips for Navigating a Work Martyr Culture

It’s frustrating to work with somebody who expects to be rewarded for being more miserable than you are, who’s constantly trying to engage in a contest about who can work longer hours, someone who has masochism confused with commitment. These people...

Read More

10 Free Resources to Help You Practice Radical Candor

"Getting and giving impromptu feedback is more like brushing and flossing than getting a root canal," Radical Candor author and co-founder Kim Scott says. "Don’t schedule it. Just ask for it and offer it consistently and immediately when it’s...

Read More