“Be humble, helpful, offer guidance in person and immediately, praise in public, criticize in private, and don’t personalize.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“CRINGELY: What does it mean when you tell someone their work is shit? JOBS: It usually means their work is shit. Sometimes it means, “I think your work is shit. And I—I’m wrong.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“Balance praise and criticism Worry more about praise, less about criticism—but above all be sincere”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“Ultimately, though, bosses are responsible for results. They achieve these results not by doing all the work themselves but by guiding the people on their teams. Bosses guide a team to achieve results.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“Part of the reason why people fail to “care personally” is the injunction to “keep it professional.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
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