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Radical Candor

Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

by Kim Scott
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* New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running
* Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide
* A Hudson and Indigo Best Book of the Year
* Recommended by Shona Brown, Rachel Hollis, Jeff Kinney, Daniel Pink, Sheryl Sandberg, and Gretchen Rubin

Radical Candor has been embraced around the world by leaders of every stripe at companies of all sizes. Now a cultural touchstone, the concept has come to be applied to a wide range of human relationships.

The idea is simple: You don't have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk. Using Radical Candor—avoiding the perils of Obnoxious Aggression, Manipulative Insincerity, and Ruinous Empathy—you can be kind and clear at the same time.
Kim Scott was a highly successful leader at Google before decamping to Apple, where she developed and taught a management class. Since the original publication of Radical Candor in 2017, Scott has earned international fame with her vital approach to effective leadership and co-founded the Radical Candor executive education company, which helps companies put the book's philosophy into practice.
Radical Candor is about caring personally and challenging directly, about soliciting criticism to improve your leadership and also providing guidance that helps others grow. It focuses on praise but doesn't shy away from criticism—to help you love your work and the people you work with.
Radically Candid relationships with team members enable bosses to fulfill their three core responsibilities:
1. Create a culture of Compassionate Candor
2. Build a cohesive team
3. Achieve results collaboratively
Required reading for the most successful organizations, Radical Candor has raised the bar for management practices worldwide.

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  • Release date

    October 1, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781250235381

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      • ISBN: 9781250235381
      • File size: 10400 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 2, 2017
      Unfailing discretion and courtesy may get you far at a dinner party but will sink you as a manager, argues Scott, a cofounder of management consulting firm Candor, Inc. and a CEO coach in Silicon Valley. After six years at Google working for her business school buddy Sheryl Sandberg, she learned that relationships are the major building blocks of a career, and that only honesty—painfully candid honesty, if necessary—can lay solid foundations for good manager/employee relationships. The book aims to help bosses manage their emotions while helping failing employees (a difficult task for even the most experienced manager) and walks them through building “radically candid” relationships with direct reports. Radical candor lies in a place where caring about employees meets the willingness to challenge them directly. Scott walks readers through understanding the motivation of subordinates, making tough decisions, establishing rapport, and helping employees avoid “boredom and burnout.” She also runs through a list of strategies for building solid working relationships. Informational and clear, this is necessary reading for anyone who’s having trouble coming to terms with an underperforming workforce.

    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2017

      During her extensive and varied experience in successful Silicon Valley enterprises, Scott (cofounder & CEO, Candor, Inc.; Virtual Love) studied the relationships between bosses and their direct reports, and determined that trust, honesty, and guidance are keys to successful management. Written with the end user in mind, this book's aim is to help anyone become a "kickass boss" by building radically candid relationships with coworkers and supervisees. At the heart of the book is the concept that being too nice (or "ruinously empathetic") can cause more harm than good; if a boss personally cares about their employees, they will put aside their own feelings and deliver candid, honest feedback to help them improve. Scott offers strategies to develop trusting relationships with subordinates; give, receive, and encourage guidance; and help teams avoid burnout and boredom. Clear and informative language paired with personal stories and anecdotes make this work accessible for most readers. VERDICT A highly relevant and informational piece recommended for professionals in all fields looking to expand their managerial skills and improve relationships with colleagues.--Cori Wilhelm, SUNY Canton Coll. of Tech. Lib.

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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