Radical Candor

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.

Would recommend this book to the mid level managers who are more willing to bring a internal change in the team’s thought process rather than by putting extrinsic pressures like performance management.

Awesome book. A MUST read for people in management role

I read this book in recommendation of Michael Lopps on twitter, I really liked his managing humans book and thought this would be similar, it is for the most part except it has an actionable plan sprinkled throughout and an accompanied iOS app which reduces friction from trying to follow advice in the book.

Good read for managers who manage people. Simple and practical book

The concepts are good, the framework is also great but the book is too lengthy and repetitive. But definitely concepts about caring personally and challenging directly are must have for any growth organisation.

Its good. But way long and over explained that reduces interest. Also it takes more time to read just examples.

Only if all my managers read this book. This is one of the finest books on managing people.Worth reading!

Lo compré para un regalo. A la persona le ha encantado. Vale la pena comprar pasta dura, viene de gran calidad

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.

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.

Il libro mi è piaciuto e mi è servito molto. La cosa più importante: il metodo che insegna per dare feedback efficaci è facile da imparare e funziona. Non c'è però solo quello, il libro è ricco di consigli utili e di esempi. Si legge bene, soprattutto nella prima parte che è davvero godibile, ma sono i contenuti che rimangono la parte più preziosa. Dovrebbe essere una lettura obbligatoria prima di essere promossi a un ruolo che comporta la gestione di personale.

On this book Kim Scott was able to piece together everything she has learned about business into a complete and cohesive model on how to manage based on three pillars: to care personally; to confront directly; to practice all sorts of 1:1s.I intensively study management practices, but it wasn't until last year that I had management experience with more than five direct reports. In 2016 I started a company in which I had 20 direct reports. I tried what I now know is called a "Ruinous Empathy" approach. I thought that just caring and showing that to employees would bring open conversations to the table. Interesting thing is that people loved me, but soon things started getting out of control. That's when I started an "Obnoxious Agression" approach, fired some of them and stopped caring so much ( now I know I share great part of responsibility for what happened there). As you may have noticed both approaches lack a delicate kind of balance. That is the balance Kim Scott tries so hard to achieve with her method and I can understand perfectly why.Here you'll find insightful quotations from world's leaders sharing their beliefs.Moreover, you'll often find phrases on the following format: "you might think you don't have the time to___, but ___" . That means the model here presented requires an intensive focus on people. You'll need skills, time and dedication for it to work out. I can not state if it works, but it is definitely a north to follow and seems to be doing really good to me. It reminded me of the transformative experience it was reading Carol Dweck's Mindset.Let me help you grasp what this book is really about with more concrete terms. Here, you will read about:Hiring: getting to know the candidate behind the mask as much as possible in a short period of time.Firing: doing what is best for the employee, not the company.Giving/Receiving Feedbacks How to deal with biases, corporate structure, trust, openness, humility.Putting people on the right jobs: Are the hungry for growth or for improving on what they do now?Meetings: Establishing structured meetings with clear purposes, facilitating meetings, setting it out on a corporate agenda..Dig further (Some of the books that Radical Candor reminded me)::On conversation: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High- Kerry PattersonOn meetings: Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change- Chris Ertel ; Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful; Problem in Business- Patrick Lencioni ; Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days - Jake KnappOn Productivity: Scrum - Jeff SutherlandGetting Buy in: Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot DownOn Change Management: Leading Change -John .P Kotter.Humble ConversationsCreativity - Ed Catmull