Description
| Product ID: | 9781529038347 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Radical Candor |
| Subtitle: | Fully Revised and Updated Edition: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean |
| Authors: | Author: Kim Scott |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Management: leadership and motivation, Management: leadership & motivation, Advice on careers and achieving success, Advice on careers & achieving success |
| Description: | Be a great leader, but don’t be a jerk. This book tells you how. <p><b>A practical guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, <i>Radical Candor</i> shows you how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity. From Kim Scott, former manager at Google and Apple, and CEO coach to Silicon Valley.</b><br><br><b>'Reading <i>Radical Candor</i> will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives' – Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer at Meta (Facebook) and author of <i>Lean In</i></b><br><br>If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all . . . right?<br><br>While this advice may work for home life, as Kim Scott has seen first hand, it is a disaster when adopted by managers in the work place.<br><br>Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google before moving to Apple where she developed a class on optimal management.<i> Radical Candor</i> draws directly on her experiences at these cutting edge companies to reveal a new approach to effective management that delivers huge success by inspiring teams to work better together by embracing fierce conversations.<br><br><i>Radical Candor</i> is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism – delivered to produce better results and help your employees develop their skills and increase success.<br><br>Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Scott has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees:</p><ul><li>Make it personal</li><li>Get stuff done</li><li>Understand why it matters</li></ul><p><b><i>Radical Candor</i> is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people love both their work and their colleagues, and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.<br><br>'If you manage people - whether it be 1 person or a 1,000 - you need <i>Radical Candor</i>. Now' – Daniel H. Pink, author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Drive</i></b><br><br>Featuring a new preface, afterword and Radically Candid Performance Review Bonus Chapter, the fully revised & updated edition of <i>Radical Candor</i> is packed with even more guidance to help you improve your relationships at work.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-03 |
