The Radical Candor book — Kim Scott’s #1 bestseller that’s reshaping modern management

Get “Radical Candor,” the book that’s been translated into 20 languages, inspired a management revolution and launched a global executive education company founded by Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff.

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Radical Candor book

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Watch the Radical Candor Videobook

We’re excited to announce that business leadership book Radical Candor is now available
as an hour-long videobook that you can now stream at LIT Videobooks.

Praise for Radical Candor

“With Radical Candor, Kim has bottled some of Google’s magic and shared it with the world.”
Shona Brown
Former SVP Business Operations at Google

“Radical Candor is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories from Kim Scott’s own experiences at places like Apple, Google and various start-ups. Indispensable.”
Gretchen Rubin
Author of NYT bestseller 
The Happiness Project

“Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kickass boss and
a voice that CEOs take seriously...
If you manage people—whether it be 1 person or a 1,000—you need Radical Candor. Now.”
Daniel Pink
Author of NYT bestseller Drive

“Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives.”
Sheryl Sandberg
Author of the NYT bestseller Option B

For a Just Workplace, You Need ‘Radical Respect’

How to be respectful and respected at work—from the author of the revolutionary bestseller ‘Radical Candor.’

Previously published as ‘Just Work’ and now substantially revised and updated, ‘Radical Respect’ starts from a simple point of departure: organizations that optimize for collaboration and honor everyone’s individuality are more successful, joyful places to work.

What moves us away from Radical Respect? Kim Scott offers a “toxonomy” that breaks down a problem that often feels monolithic into its component parts. Once we break a problem down, we can more easily identify solutions.

No matter what your role is, this is the essential guide for helping to create the kind of workplace where you and those around you can thrive.

Radical Respect

Speaking of candor

Every day people tell us that learning to Care Personally and Challenge Directly has made their teams happier and more productive.

“At Futuri, we embrace the principles of Kim Scott’s Radical Candor as a core part of our culture. This approach helps us push boundaries, stay innovative, and ensure that even the toughest feedback is delivered in a way that strengthens relationships and drives performance. It’s how we maintain high standards and keep our teams aligned on a path to success.”
Daniel Anstandig
Founder and CEO, Futuri

“Amy was relatable, funny, and down to earth. Facilitators are key in these sessions and Amy did a great job connecting with the audience with both humor and accountability.”

Vertex

“A really fundamentally important session that could change the way our organisation runs.”
BBC Studios

“We’ve tried other feedback workshops in the past, and this one is the one that worked!”
Peldi Guilizzoni,
Founder and CEO, Balsamiq

“By fostering a culture of impromptu feedback in our team, we’ve been able to move even faster as an agile company. We get to the root of issues faster, but we also are able to mentor much more effectively and take mistakes as an opportunity to learn and teach.”

ZenHub

“Investing in Radical Candor training pays for itself. We grew 285% the year we implemented.”

James Carbary
,
Founder of Sweet Fish Media

“Radical Candor has had a significant impact on our team. It’s encouraged our managers to step outside of their comfort zones, engage in healthy debates and think about feedback in a different light. It’s helped us open all lines of communication between managers and direct reports, and implementing the concepts in Radical Candor has been a positive experience for everyone.”

Nicholas Miller
,
Co-founder and CEO, Gather

“Because we’ve made it easier for clients to give us specific feedback we can take action on, we’ve increased overall satisfaction and retention over the last 12 months, and we’ve been able to reduce churn by five points over the last year.”

Alice Default
,
Co-founder and CEO, Double

“Just attended an awesome and insightful webinar by Amy Sandler on Radical Candor (hosted by the fab team at Growth Faculty). Amy was phenomenal in breaking down the importance of caring personally while challenging directly—a key balance that helps resolve conflict and build stronger teams. Highly recommend diving into her work if you haven’t already!”

Amelia Crabtree
,
Program Medical Director, Australia

“Heartfelt thanks to Melissa (Mel) Andrada for an incredible Radical Candor workshop this morning. Your guidance created a safe and open space for us to share our stories, reminding us of the power and importance of genuine connection. We developed essential skills and a common language for giving feedback, focused listening, and skillfully giving praise. This experience brought us even closer as a community dedicated to serving and caring for our students and each other with deep authenticity.”


Trinity Episcopal School
Charlotte, NC, USA

“When we discovered Kim Scott’s groundbreaking concept of ‘Radical Candor’, it revolutionized our approach to team cohesion and efficacy. This approach is all about creating authentic spaces for feedback and open communication. Radical Candor encourages leaders to foster an environment where honest feedback thrives, including feedback directed at the leaders themselves.”

Funtasia™️ Educational Enterprise

 

“After the Radical Candor training, I had an employee come to me and say, ‘I can see a total change in my manager. I went from barely speaking to him to meeting with him on a regular basis. I went from being uncertain about my future at Heitman to now being confident that I can fulfill my career goals.’”

Heitman,
Christine Nicholl,
SVP, Global Head of Organizational Development

 

“It’s been an incredible journey for us — from book studies to informal discussion, the Radical Candor quadrants have become a new vocabulary in our district. The positive impact of Radical Candor has been far-reaching, thank you!”
Becky Peters
St. Vrain Valley School District
Colorado, USA

“The AsiaPacific leadership team used this workshop to assess and improve how they communicate to their teams and each other, integrating learnings from the Indian, Singaporean, and Australian cultures while together. Having a Radical Candor coach and peers from other regions to practice with was invaluable.”
Clare Martin
MiQ
Bangalore, India

“Thank you so much for coming and working with our team. Everyone loved the workshop…everything you shared with us will help us be our best selves and best Hireologists.”
Christen Calloway
Hireology
Illinois, USA

“I loved it! I was already familiar with the concept, and still it was a great conversation…Meeting these world-class business ‘gurus’ is very inspiring and aspirational.”
Nubank team member
São Paulo, Brazil

“I’ve only heard GREAT things about the training. It makes me so proud of this team to hear them reflecting on their styles and thinking about what they need to change in their behaviors.”
Janel Lao
Jobvite
California, USA

Radical Candor:
a Global Phenomenon

Radical Candor is being shared around the world. Read more on our News page.