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Giving Feedback (10)

Video Tip: Radically Candid Criticism is Immediate

Our goal is to help you improve your impromptu feedback. And that word "impromptu" is key. We think it's extremely important to give feedback immediately, rather than saving it up for a scheduled meeting, or even worse, for an annual performance...

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Video: Ruinous Empathy Leads to Obnoxious Aggression

We recently shared a video of Russ telling a story about Ruinous Empathy. He talked about a time when he withheld his direct challenge in order to be "nice," but the story doesn't end there. In this next video, he tells us how his feedback turned...

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What Makes a Great Boss?

Kim recently asked her social media followers about great bosses they've had. What was it that made those bosses so great? Here's our round up of responses!

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Video Tip: Radically Candid Criticism is Helpful

Radically Candid criticism is helpful. When you are really clear about what's wrong and why, you help the person fix the problem. But you may hesitate to give your criticism when you don't have actual help to offer or when you're worried that you...

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Tips to Avoid Obnoxiously Aggressive Criticism

If you think you've given criticism that was Obnoxiously Aggressive, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!

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Tips to Avoid Manipulatively Insincere Criticism

If you think you've given criticism that was Manipulatively Insincere, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!

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Praise & Manipulative Insincerity — Kim's Story

Manipulatively Insincere praise is given not because it is genuine, but for another motive or agenda.

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Video Tip for Radically Candid Criticism

We've been sharing video tips from Kim and Russ every couple of weeks, and we started off with a bunch of tips about giving praise. We received feedback from one of our community, asking for more tips for giving criticism. How can you be Radically...

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Praise & Ruinous Empathy

Praise can be Ruinously Empathetic when bosses try to be “nice” and get things wrong. Below are a few cautionary tales of how trying to make a person feel good without taking the time to understand the details of their work to challenge them...

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Tips to Avoid Ruinously Empathetic Criticism

If you think you've given criticism that was Ruinously Empathetic, check out these tips for moving towards Radical Candor!

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