Kim Scott’s Radical Candor (revised & updated edition) is a practical management guide that teaches leaders how to build high‑trust teams by caring personally while challenging directly. The book combines framework (the Radical Candor 2x2), concrete “Get Stuff Done” practices (1:1s, staff meetings, big-debate/decision meetings, snippets, Kanban, walk-around, think time), role-specific advice (how harmed parties, upstanders, perpetrators, and leaders should act), and an extended bonus chapter on running fair performance reviews. It emphasizes candid feedback, psychological safety, and operational tactics to make candid culture scalable and sustainable.
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Kim Scott
2019
St. Martin's Press (an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group)
Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-23537-4; ebook ISBN 978-1-250-23538-1; eISBN 9781250235381