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Radical Candor:
Adopting the mindset that guidance is a gift will ensure that your guidance is helpful even when you can’t offer actual assistance, solutions, or an introduction to someone what can help.
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Radical Candor:
Don’t let the fact that you can’t offer a solution make you reluctant to offer guidance.
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Radical Candor:
…even when you don’t personalize – feedback is personal for the person receiving it.
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Radical Candor:
Part of your job as a boss (and as a human being) is to acknowledge and deal with emotional responses, not to dismiss or avoid them.
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Radical Candor:
…most bosses fear being jerks but employees fear that their bosses are not shooting straight.
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Radical Candor:
A strong leader has the humility to listen, the confidence to challenge, and the wisdom to know when to quit arguing and to get on board.
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Radical Candor:
Context matters, but the context of gender politics and gender bias is becoming untouchable – to everyone’s detriment.
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Radical Candor:
It’s safe to say that performance reviews rank up there with root canals, though in this analogy, they’re probably just as painful for the dentist as for the patient.
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Radical Candor:
It’s important that you, as the leader, encourage your team to take the time to talk to one another.
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Radical Candor:
This sounds super hierarchical, but let’s face it: the ‘flat’ organization is a myth. Hierarchy is an inescapable fact of life.
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