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...
Here's a story about Radical Candor from our evangelist Joe Dunn. Remember that Radical Candor Challenges Directly and shows you Care Personally. Often, you can establish a relationship of caring personally over time, and that will naturally show...
Many of us struggle with Ruinous Empathy. We want to build and maintain relationships with people, so we don't want to say things that upset them. But if you focus too much on caring personally and don't offer directly challenges when you see...
If you've watched our Radical Candor video and wondered about the full stories behind the clips we included, you're in luck! We've got the complete versions to share with you, starting with our featured Obnoxious Aggression story.
We think stories are a great way to understand what Radical Candor looks like in practice. And we've heard that you do too! Many of you have asked for more examples of how Radical Candor manifests in different contexts. What do these tough...
Manipulatively Insincere praise is given not because it is genuine, but for another motive or agenda.
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...
Praise can be Obnoxiously Aggressive when it is given without any care for the recipient. Belittling compliments are one of the best examples of this.
Radically Candid praise acknowledges the good work that someone has done and challenges them to do even better.
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.