Episode 100. 🎥 Review Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Courtesy of Periplus Bandung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crz0_u72hD8 | 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.  While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has  seen, a disaster when adopted by managers.

Scott earned her  stripes as a highly successful manager at Google and then decamped to  Apple, where she developed a class on optimal management. She has earned  growing fame in recent years with her vital new approach to effective  management, the “radical candor” method.

Radical candor is the  sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on one side  and ruinously empathetic on the other. It’s about providing guidance,  which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism—delivered to produce  better results and help employees achieve.

Great bosses have  strong relationships with their employees, and Scott has identified  three simple principles for building better relationships with your  employees: make it personal, get (sh)it done, and understand why it  matters.

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.