Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition

* 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.

Kim Scott

Preface to the Revised Edition: Radical Candor on Radical Candor Introduction How to Use This Book Part I: A NEW MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY 1. BUILD RADICALLY CANDID RELATIONSHIPS - Bringing your whole self to work 2. GET, GIVE AND ENCOURAGE GUIDANCE - Creating a culture of open communication 3. UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATES EACH PERSON ON YOUR TEAM - Helping people take a step in the direction of their dreams 4. DRIVE RESULTS COLLABORATIVELY - Telling people what to do doesn't work Part II: TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 5. RELATIONSHIPS - An approach to establishing trust with your direct reports 6. GUIDANCE - Ideas for getting/giving/encouraging praise & criticism 7. TEAM - Techniques for avoiding boredom and burn-out 8. RESULTS - Things you can do to get stuff done together-faster. Getting Started Afterword to the Revised Edition: Rolling Out Radical Candor Bonus Chapter: A Radically Candid Performance Review