Criticism & Ruinous Empathy
When bosses care too much about hurting their employees’ feelings, they will avoid giving criticism. Eventually, it becomes too late to fix this Ruinously Empathetic situation.
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Tips to Avoid Ruinously Empathetic Praise
If you think you've given praise that was Ruinously Empathetic, check out these tips for moving toward Radical Candor!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
We've all been taught since we were kids, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." But now in the workplace, we need to hear when things aren't going well. We need people to tell us how we can do better, to go against...
Video: You Have Spinach in Your Teeth
If you’re already familiar with the Radical Candor framework, you know that we’ve labeled the axes “Challenge Directly” and “Care Personally”. Radically Candid praise and criticism is high on both of those axes. We also sometimes call them the...
Ruinous Empathy is a Waste of Your Time
Hi there - I'm Russ, and this is my first blog post for Candor, Incorporated. My Little League baseball players call me Coach Russ, and I'm going to run with that in this and future posts. Enough of the intros, let's get into it.