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10 Free Resources to Help You Practice Radical Candor

Brandi Neal Mar 15, 2022 11:52:23 AM

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10 Free Resources to Help You Practice Radical Candor

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"Getting and giving impromptu feedback is more like brushing and flossing than getting a root canal," Radical Candor author and co-founder Kim Scott says. "Don’t schedule it. Just ask for it and offer it consistently and immediately when it’s needed, and maybe you won’t ever have to get a root canal.”

But if you're not in the habit of flossing every day, starting the routine is going to take some discipline and practice. Soliciting and providing feedback is the same way.

That's why we've developed these guides for practicing Radical Candor. Feedback conversations don't have to be painful like having a root canal — they can be maintenance like brushing and flossing.

If you commit to having regular fast and frequent feedback conversations with your team members, eventually these interactions will become second nature.

Until then you can refer to these free Radical Candor topic-specific resource guides to help you when you get stuck.

The Radical Candor Quick Start Guide

This one-page quick-start guide gives you the quick and dirty on Radical Candor complete with definitions for the quadrants and the order of operations. Print it out to keep at your desk! Download the guide >>

The Radical Candor Practice Playbook

So, you’ve read the book, listened to the podcast, watched the videos and attended a workshop or keynote. Now what? Continue developing your skills with our Radical Candor Practice Playbook, a workbook that takes you through each step of the Order of Operations. Download the playbook >>

5 Tips for Practicing Radical Candor with Direct Reports

Your ability to build trusting, human connections with the people who report directly to you will determine the quality of everything that follows. Despite these relationships being vitally important, most of us are at a loss when we set out to build relationships with our direct reports. Download the guide >>

6 Ways to Encourage Feedback Between Others

It’s a lot easier to lead by example than it is to change other people’s behavior. If you want to encourage feedback between the people on your team or at your organization, you’re going to have to create an environment where people feel safe and encouraged to give real feedback. Download the guide >>

Quick Start Guide: Encouraging Feedback

Encouraging feedback between others will facilitate stronger relationships between peers, allow for more praise to be shared and provide more perspectives on what’s going well and why. Download the guide >>

The ‘Radical Candor’ Book Club Discussion Guide

We’ve put together this list of questions to get you started with your Radical Candor book club. Visit our book page to buy copies of Radical Candor in bulk at a reduced rate. After your club members have read the book, use the critical thinking questions to help guide the discussion. Download the guide >>

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11 Ways for Managers to Get Feedback From their Team

As a manager, it’s crucially important for you to get feedback and find out what people really think. Getting people to Challenge you Directly can be the difference between success and failure, which means you need to make a concerted effort to get feedback. Download the guide >>

6 Steps for Rolling Out Radical Candor On Your Team

Radical Candor builds trust and opens the door for the kind of communication that helps you achieve the results you’re aiming for. If you’re ready to introduce Radical Candor to your team, follow these six steps to roll it out like a boss. Download the guide >>

How to Have Radically Candid Performance Development Conversations

It is a manager’s job to help each person on their team develop and grow their careers, as well as manage their performance. Balancing the intrinsic desire to improve and grow and the extrinsic desire for rewards like bonuses, equity, and promotion is one of the most difficult things about being a manager. We can help you navigate. Download the guide >>

Use the C.O.R.E. Model to Give Effective Feedback

Radically Candid praise and criticism both include caring and a challenge. In order to make sure your feedback lets the other person know what was good and what wasn’t — what to do more of and what to do less of — use the four-step CORE method. Download the guide >>

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Key Questions Covered

What is the Radical Candor Quick Start Guide and who is it for?

The Radical Candor Quick Start Guide is a free one-page reference sheet that covers the core definitions of the four Radical Candor quadrants and the order of operations for giving feedback. It's designed for anyone new to the framework — or veterans who want a handy desk reminder. You can download and print it to keep nearby during feedback conversations so you stay oriented to the model in real time.

How do I introduce Radical Candor to my team for the first time?

Radical Candor offers a free guide called 6 Steps for Rolling Out Radical Candor On Your Team specifically for this situation. The framework's core idea is that Radical Candor builds trust and opens communication, making it easier to hit results. The guide walks you through a structured rollout so your team understands the model, buys in, and starts practicing it together — rather than having it feel like a top-down mandate from a single manager.

How can I get honest feedback from my direct reports as a manager?

Getting people to challenge you directly is one of the hardest parts of being a manager — but also one of the most important. Radical Candor's free guide 11 Ways for Managers to Get Feedback From Their Team gives concrete tactics for creating conditions where your team feels safe enough to tell you the truth. As Kim Scott emphasizes, getting real feedback can be the difference between your success and failure as a leader, so it requires a deliberate, ongoing effort — not a one-time ask.

What is the CORE method for giving feedback?

CORE is a four-step model Radical Candor recommends for structuring both praise and criticism so feedback is clear and actionable. Radically Candid feedback must show you care about the person and challenge them directly — and CORE helps you do both. The method ensures the other person understands what was good or not good, and specifically what they should do more of or less of going forward. You can download a free guide to the CORE method from the Radical Candor resources page.

How do I encourage feedback between team members, not just between me and my direct reports?

Radical Candor offers two free guides on this: 6 Ways to Encourage Feedback Between Others and the Quick Start Guide: Encouraging Feedback. The key insight is that you can't simply tell people to give each other feedback — you have to lead by example and create an environment where people feel genuinely safe and encouraged to share real, honest input. Peer-to-peer feedback strengthens relationships, increases praise, and broadens perspective on what's working and why.

What is the Radical Candor Practice Playbook and how does it differ from the book?

The Radical Candor Practice Playbook is a free downloadable workbook designed for people who have already read the book, listened to the podcast, or attended a workshop and want to go deeper. While the book explains the what and why of Radical Candor, the playbook is hands-on — it takes you step by step through the Order of Operations so you can actively build your feedback skills, not just understand them conceptually.

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