You’re Invited to Experience Radical Candor on Sessions by MasterClass
Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff are so excited to announce that a Radical Candor MasterClass is finally here!
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Kim Scott Dec 11, 2015 7:23:35 AM
Dozens of people have asked me some version of this question over the past few days. Here are some ideas…
The first and the last are probably most important. A successful advisor to some of the world’s largest tech companies once told me he totally turned his reputation as an asshole around when he learned to say, “I think that’s wrong” instead of “You’re wrong.” The "I think" was humble and saying that instead of "you" didn’t personalize his criticism.
Above all, do not allow being called a jerk to push you towards Ruinous Empathy!! When you’re the boss and you’re Radically Candid, it’s almost inevitable that somebody is going to call you a jerk when you are just trying to do the right thing. It’s part of the reason why I say that the relationship between a boss and an employee is a pay-it-forward, lonely, one-way street. You can’t measure your success by your popularity. You have to listen to the criticism leveled at you--but you also have to be strong enough to say, “I reject that feedback.”
Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff are so excited to announce that a Radical Candor MasterClass is finally here!
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