I was recommended this book and didn't finish it soon enough. That had the impact of me not enacting, holistically, the deployment of Radical Candor for my team before it was dissolved. This book did help me finish the role strongly, and the managers reporting to me and I have all grown because of it despite being a bit too late for full effectiveness.

Read this book annually to re-up your memory of what you should be doing for your team. Think of it as your meta-hygiene around how to deploy the hygiene of feedback. If fast feedback is like brushing your teeth, as Scott states, and performance management is the dental cleaning, then rereading this book is like going to your annual industry conference as a dental hygienist, to stay sharp in applying the work office-wide.

Thank you, Kim Scott, for another highly effective 2x2 matrix!

This has been my favorite of leadership type books that I've read. It simplifies difficult conversations and gives tangible advice on how to give honest feedback with compassion. As a business owner this is one I am requiring my managers to read.

4.5 ⭐️

First, I want to say I listened to the audiobook and am completely aware that if I had read the physical book I probably would have gotten a little more out of it than I did by listening to it. My main reason for giving this a 3 was that not all of it is relevant to the industry that I work in. There was definitely ideas and advice in it that I have taken to heart, but ultimately her entire method is just not possible for me to implement.

I would recommend Radical Candor to anyone that is a manager or has a manger. Kim Scott does a good job of prioritizing the need to treat everyone as a human being first-and-foremost and to "care personally" while "challenging directly". This is something that often gets lost in the corporate environment.

Scott presents a number of personal examples (sometimes repetitive and include name dropping) and realistic concrete practices that point toward a non-zero sum environment in which individuals and business can achieve great results.

Some good stuff, but spun out longer than it needed to be and filled with name-dropping anecdotes that are all highly specific to silicone valley tech companies.