Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

The book is packed with actionable advice on how to build a culture of open feedback, handle praise and criticism effectively, and drive results without losing your humanity. It bridges the gap between being a rigid authoritarian and a pushover, making it an essential read for anyone managing teams or working in leadership.

I first heard about "Radical Candor" during my government agency's annual training conference, a conference that included a workshop based upon "Radical Candor" led by our HR director. While I hadn't heard of the book, I fell in love with the ideas behind it and upon my return home set out to pick up the book for myself. "Radical Candor" has easily become one of my favorite books of the past year, a terrific option for those who are challenged by difficult conversations and who want to grow in leadership. While "Radical Candor" is likely most applicable to those in management or leadership positions, I've found the book really has been of tremendous benefit in my personal life. Within weeks of reading the book, I found myself in a challenging situation dealing with a healthcare provider and took much of what I learned from the book to resolve the situation positively and to work through a potentially negative situation. I displayed a side of myself I didn't really know and was rather awestruck by the positive results. Since reading the book, I've actually been promoted into a supervisory position and am now seeing the ways in which the book complements my existing leadership skills and management style. Truly, "Radical Candor" remains one of my favorite books from the past year and I've seen positive growth both personally and professionally resulting from author Kim Scott's intelligent, informed and sensitively written guidance.

Scott’s book is thought provoking and I’m interested to try several of her tips. I’d also be interested to hear from others how effective (or ineffective/not applicable) they’ve found some of her recommendations. A lot of what she covers is good groundwork and solid reminders and I can imagine myself rereading it in the future as a check-in/check back to gauge how I think I’m doing.

I enjoyed this book very much!

The book ended 3/4 of the way through the audiobook files, then continued on, deep-diving into some of the parts of the book. It may seem hard to put all this wisdom into practice, but if you care at all about people in the workplace -- as you should -- it's worth it.

Not a bad book, especially if you struggle with being honest and direct with employees. The main idea is useful, and I got a few things I want to use in how I lead. My biggest issue is that it was way too repetitive and could have been half as long. I did like the stories and examples, though. Overall, it was okay. Not amazing, not awful.

Kim has taken the leadership styles from her startup days and major companies like Apple and Google and combined her expertise into an easy to follow step by step guide to leading people. Kim's storytelling ability really allows the reader to remember the lessons that formed the heart of the Radical Candor philosophy, from her "Um" story at Google, to teaching her team to directly challenge the status quo in Japan, to drinking vodka in Russia. I've always wanted to be a good boss that can achieve great results, be empathetic, not be a jerk, or push my biases on to anyone else. Kim's guide on caring deeply about the people you work with, asking for criticism before giving it, and being candid with your direct reports is a framework any leader can follow for success. This isn't just a framework for leadership but a framework for getting the most out of your relationships both professionally and personally. If your human...you should read it.

Great book and wonderful insights to becoming a better leader. Be aware the font size of the book is extremely small and does create eye strain. Reading glasses are required to read this book even if you don' use reading glasses regularly.

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Really interesting insights into managing teams. Some of the examples are a little specific to be scalable to all situations, but very helpful all the same. First time in a while I've highlighted sections in a book to revisit!

On this book Kim Scott was able to piece together everything she has learned about business into a complete and cohesive model on how to manage based on three pillars: to care personally; to confront directly; to practice all sorts of 1:1s. I intensively study management practices, but it wasn't until last year that I had management experience with more than five direct reports. In 2016 I started a company in which I had 20 direct reports. I tried what I now know is called a "Ruinous Empathy" approach. I thought that just caring and showing that to employees would bring open conversations to the table. Interesting thing is that people loved me, but soon things started getting out of control. That's when I started an "Obnoxious Agression" approach, fired some of them and stopped caring so much ( now I know I share great part of responsibility for what happened there). As you may have noticed both approaches lack a delicate kind of balance. That is the balance Kim Scott tries so hard to achieve with her method and I can understand perfectly why. Here you'll find insightful quotations from world's leaders sharing their beliefs. Moreover, you'll often find phrases on the following format: "you might think you don't have the time to___, but ___" . That means the model here presented requires an intensive focus on people. You'll need skills, time and dedication for it to work out. I can not state if it works, but it is definitely a north to follow and seems to be doing really good to me. It reminded me of the transformative experience it was reading Carol Dweck's Mindset. Let me help you grasp what this book is really about with more concrete terms. Here, you will read about: Hiring: getting to know the candidate behind the mask as much as possible in a short period of time. Firing: doing what is best for the employee, not the company. Giving/Receiving Feedbacks How to deal with biases, corporate structure, trust, openness, humility. Putting people on the right jobs: Are the hungry for growth or for improving on what they do now? Meetings: Establishing structured meetings with clear purposes, facilitating meetings, setting it out on a corporate agenda. . Dig further (Some of the books that Radical Candor reminded me):: On conversation: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High- Kerry Patterson On meetings: Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change- Chris Ertel ; Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful; Problem in Business- Patrick Lencioni ; Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days - Jake Knapp On Productivity: Scrum - Jeff Sutherland Getting Buy in: Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down On Change Management: Leading Change -John .P Kotter. Humble Conversations Creativity - Ed Catmull

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