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"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 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project

"Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives. Kim Scott's insights...-will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization."--Sheryl Sandberg author of the New York Times bestseller Lean In

From the time we learn to speak, we’re told that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. When you become a manager, it’s your job to say it--and your obligation.

Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she developed a class on how to be a good boss. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor.

Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it’s obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it’s ruinous empathy. When you do neither it’s manipulative insincerity.

This simple framework can help you build better relationships at work, and fulfill your three key responsibilities as a leader: creating a culture of feedback (praise and criticism), building a cohesive team, and achieving results you’re all proud of.

Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Taken from years of the author’s experience, and distilled clearly giving actionable lessons to the reader; it shows managers how to be successful while retaining their humanity, finding meaning in their job, and creating an environment where people both love their work and their colleagues.

"Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kick-ass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously. In this remarkable book, she draws on her extensive experience to provide clear and honest guidance on the fundamentals of leading others: how to give (and receive) feedback, how to make smart decisions, how to keep moving forward, and much more. If you manage people--whether it be 1 person or a 1,000--you need Radical Candor. Now."--Daniel Pink author of New York Times bestseller Drive

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"Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives. Kim Scott's insights―based on her experience, keen observational intelligence and analysis--will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization." ―Sheryl Sandberg, author of LEAN IN

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KIM SCOTT is the co-founder of an executive education firm and workplace comedy series, The Feedback Loop, based on her perennially bestselling book, Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss without Losing your Humanity. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led operations teams for AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick at Google. Kim was a senior policy advisor at the FCC, managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo, started a diamond cutting factory in Moscow, and was an analyst on the Soviet Companies Fund. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Audio; Abridged edition (March 14, 2017)
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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1427283125
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1427283122
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.47 x 5.81 inches
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Kim Scott is the author of Radical Respect: How To Work Together Better as well as Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Jason Rosoff and Kim co-founded the company Radical Candor to help rid the world of bad bosses. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Earlier in her career Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

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BK1stKindleUser
5.0 out of 5 stars Best leadership book I've read in a long time
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
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Title says it all. I've read at least 15 books on the topic. This by far is the best, giving easy to understand concepts and more importantly real life examples. Both case studies and specific RELATABLE anecdotes to explain the topic, "how to" pointers and what happens if you or don't do the pointers provided. I will keep this guide close to me.
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Ali Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Read book for leadership conference
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2023
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This book was required in advance of a leadership conference. The book came on time and was good quality. Enjoyed reading it, a really quick read. Very popular topic now for leaders.
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Magnus
4.0 out of 5 stars very practical management book
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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A lot of practical tools in this book. Although the concept of radical candor is simple, it takes practice to do it consciously. The tools offered in this book is pure gold. However, i felt the book could be better structured so we dont feel like jumping all over the place
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Patrick V. Milord
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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Wylmarie
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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kirabug
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good tools, a lot of Silicon Valley executive privilege
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
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This was an odd one, in part because it wasn't a book I chose. Our team has a book club at work and the Radical Candor was the first book we covered, in part because our manager is looking for us to provide each other with more radical candor.

So first: this book is written for managers, and I am not a manager. (I don't foresee wanting to be a manager any time soon.) If you are a manager, it's probably a better fit.

Second, well, there's a lot of Silicon Valley privilege dripping from this book. At one point, Kim talks about how letting poor performers go can be a blessing for both the company and poor performer because the fired employee can go do something like starting that coffee shop they always wanted.

Maybe on a West Coast IT severance package (assuming they move somewhere else) but most people on the East Coast and all points in between lose a job and immediately have to go find another job.

Kim also talks about how things like minority status or being female might make radical candor more complicated, but doesn't actually talk about what to do about them. Frankly, I don't think she knows.

So yes, problematic book from multiple angles.

At the same time, this book gave me some tips and tools that I need. For example, Kim puts a lot of emphasis on giving praise, which I don't do enough. One of the highlights of my year so far was an unexpected piece of praise from my manager for a wiki I'm putting together. I'm trying to pay that forward to the folks I work with, because we all should hear about the things we're doing right at least as often as we hear about the things we're doing wrong.

The other thing that Radical Candor provides is a framework for structuring large conversations. When you have a business question where you know gaining consensus is going to be an issue, you can separate the "debate" meeting from the "decide" meeting, for example, to ensure that everyone gets a chance to have their say and at the same time there isn't pressure to make a decision right now.

I don't think that Kim Scott provided enough direct advice on how to structure a piece of criticism. I think that Crucial Conversations does a much better job in that sense. But I do think that this book gives better examples of why constantly providing just-in-time feedback can help a team move from a place where crucial conversations are necessary to a place where everyone is communicating clearly enough that high-stakes behavior discussions are fewer and far between.

In summary, this is not a book I'd say will have a permanent place on my bookshelf like Crucial Conversations does, but it's helpful and adds some tools to my toolbox that I didn't have before.
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Catless in Seattle
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
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Developing leaders who care enough to push past the discomfort and enter the conflict. These are the people who care deeply for others but they don’t let it stop them from giving feedback. In fact, they care enough to push past the discomfort and enter the conflict. But they do so with the hard-earned right to disagree, because they’ve spent the time to get to know and care for others in the group.
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saif sadeq
4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource for managers
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023
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I liked the main point of the book (radical candor) it seems very practical. I wish I had read the book when I was running a team. In retrospect, I learned many things that I was doing wrong, my bosses were doing wrong, and my team. I always thought I'm not a good people's manager but now I think that I just didn't get the coaching or tools I needed to be a good manager. This book definitely gave me some valuable resources that I might use in the future.

I recommend d the book to any manager no matter their level of experience.
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NATO CIS GROUP
5.0 out of 5 stars super ok
Reviewed in Belgium on October 4, 2023
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michael fleming
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2023
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Good book and value for money.
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Skeezer
5.0 out of 5 stars (SE) Einwandfrei, perfekt für Feedback von Mitarbeitern
Reviewed in Germany on October 30, 2023
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Das Buch ist auf Englisch und bietet unfassbar viele Anreize für Feedback, Ansprachen, Ansichten etc.
Ich wollte weg von der Sandwich Methode und bin hiermit fündig geworden. Das Buch bietet sehr gute und neue Ansätze. Ich kann es nur empfehlen, gleichzeitig kann man sein Englisch deutlich verbessern.
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Aditya Wagle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for managers but tread carefully when practicing
Reviewed in India on September 18, 2020
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Really good book to help you build your own management style. Do not consider this book as a bible and I do recommend reading more management books to create your own style. The tools provided are really good to get started to build highly effective teams which trust each other. Not everyone likes Radically candid people so tread carefully when practicing in real life.
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Anónimo
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good guide to be the best person of you
Reviewed in Mexico on August 13, 2018
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For me, this book is a guide to be the best person that I can be: giving feedback, managing people, working with teams, and working with my manager. This book has references to help me to know how my team and I can grow together.
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