Book Titles

Radical Candor
Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By Kim Scott

Year Published: 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1250235374
Categories: Being a Boss, Candor, Humanity

83 Quotes Found

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Radical Candor:

It’s brutally hard to hurt anyone’s feelings; that’s because you’re not a sadist.

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Radical Candor:

We undervalue the ’emotional labor’ of being the boss.

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Radical Candor:

…management and leadership are like forehand and backhand. You have to be good at both to win.

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Radical Candor:

…emotional labor is not just part of the job, it’s the key to being a good boss.

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Radical Candor:

Guidance, team, and results: these are the responsibilities of any boss.

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Radical Candor:

There is a virtuous cycle between your responsibilities and your relationships.

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Radical Candor:

Your ability to build trusting, human connections with the people who report directly to you will determine the quality of everything that follows.

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Radical Candor:

To have a good relationship, you have to be your whole self and care about each of the people who work for you as a human being. It’s not just business; it’s personal, and deeply personal.

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Radical Candor:

When people love their job, the whole team is more successful. The resulting happiness is the success beyond success.

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Radical Candor:

There are few things more damaging to human relationships than a sense of superiority.

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