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.
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35 Radical Candor Book Club Discussion Questions
A great way to practice the principles of Radical Candor is by starting a virtual book club. We’ve put together this list of Radical Candor book club questions to get you started with the discussions for each chapter.
How Delivering Bad News Early Strengthens Your Relationships at Work
Telling a person at the last minute that you can’t fulfill a commitment does real damage to your relationship. Of course, sh*t happens. Sometimes you can’t keep your commitments for reasons you could never have predicted. When that happens, as it...
Video Tip: Embrace the Discomfort When Asking for Radical Candor
We talk a lot about how to give feedback, how to be helpful, humble, immediate, how to balance praise and criticism, etc. But as hard as it is to try to be good at giving feedback, it can be even harder to try to get the feedback you need. We can...
Effective Feedback Always Begins With Soliciting Feedback (AKA Listening) Before Giving It
Esther Bintliff recently interviewed me for the Financial Times about Radical Candor — feedback that is kind, clear, specific and sincere — and some folks have asked me what I think about Avraham Kluger’s research, which Bintliff also referenced in...
Research Confirms It — People Actually Do Want Feedback, But How You Give It Matters
While the thought of giving or getting feedback might conjure up dread, or as one friend said to me when I told her where I worked, "Hearing the word 'feedback' causes me to involuntarily clench my buttocks," most people do want feedback, especially...
Want to Join a Radical Community to Help You Kick Ass at Work? Register for Kim Scott's 'Leading With Radical Candor' Career Development Book Club
Join Kim Scott, author of Just Work and Radical Candor, in her new Career Development Book Club on Fable.
Why You Can’t Skimp On Radically Candid Performance Development Conversations
This post on performance development originally appeared on Bonusly, a company building tools to help people feel a sense of purpose and progress at work. Most everyone has had a boss who failed at performance development—helping people on their...
6 Common Ways We Rationalize Staying Silent When We'd Be Better Off Speaking Up
The pressure to be silent comes in a dizzying array of disguises, internal and external. Here are some common excuses or rationalizations I’ve used for remaining silent when it would have been better for me to speak up.
Practice Radical Candor to Combat These 3 Toxic Workplace Behaviors
A new survey from FlexJobs noted that 68% of people who recently quit their jobs did so without having another job lined up. What's more, the number one reason people cited for resigning is toxic company culture. I left an organization six years ago...