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Building a Team (8)

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...

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How to Get Stuff Done: Never Stop Learning

*This article about learning is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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Get Stuff Done: 4 Steps to Implementing Your Ideas at Work

*This article about how to successfully implement ideas is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Read the previous post about...

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How to Persuade Others You’ve Made the Right Decisions

*This article about persuasion is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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4 Things to Consider When Making Decisions to Get Shit Done

*This article about making decisions is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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6 Steps to Successfully Debating (Not Killing) Ideas

*This article about debating ideas is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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Emotional Labor and The Great Resignation — 2 Things to Know

The story below is from a time in my career 20 years ago, long before we were in the grips of the current global Covid-19 pandemic. I’m sharing it now because I thought it might help managers who are struggling with the emotional labor of being the...

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How Do You Get Stuff Done Without Telling People What to Do? Talk Less, Listen More

*This article about creating a culture of listening is part of our new series about the Get Stuff Done (GSD) Wheel and has been excerpted from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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5 Ways to Successfully Develop Your Team

As the saying goes, “teamwork makes the dream work.” But what if your team development is lagging and your team is struggling to achieve or feels unmotivated to succeed? It can be difficult to get members of your team on the same page to work...

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6 Steps the Radical Candor Team is Taking to Be Antiracist

We have been compelled by recent, tragic events — including the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as the disproportionate toll of COVID-19 on Black, Indigenous and People of Color — to take a hard look at ourselves...

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