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The Brutal Truth About Using Brutal Honesty at Work

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Have you ever been brutally honest with a coworker or an employee? Or do you tend to sugarcoat difficult conversations like a Starbucks Triple Caramel Frappuccino with whipped cream and sprinkles? For today’s episode we tackle the concepts of brutal honesty, radical transparency, and radical candor. We do a deep dive into what they really mean, where they came from, which leaders implement them “correctly”, and what type of outcome they lead to. 

RESOURCES

  • Coinbase reportedly wants staff to rate each other using an app, adopting a controversial management principle called ‘radical transparency’ – Fortune.
  • The world's most successful hedge fund just made a big change — here's a look inside its unique culture
  • Bridgewater's Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of 'Radical Transparency' - The New York Times
  • RAY DALIO: It's 'Fantastic' When We Play Conversations We've Recorded Back To Our Employees
  • https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bridgewater-ranked-employees-by-performance-2018-3
  • Ray Dalio, head of the world's largest hedge fund, explains his succession plan for Bridgewater and how its 'radically transparent' culture is misunderstood
  • Youtube with Andrew Ross Sorkin
  • Radical Candor: Why brutal honesty is tech's hottest management trend
  • People Have Started Being Brutally Honest To Each Other At Work
  • https://www.radicalcandor.com/

    • HIGHLIGHTS

    • 1:45 Introduction of Ray Dalio and Kim Scott
    • 2:00 Brutal honesty and radical tramsparency
    • 3:38 Four key BridgeWater & Associates principles
    • 4:18 Principle #1
    • 5:29 Principle #2
    • 6:23 Principle #3
    • 9:38 “Shit sandwich” definition
    • 10:25 Principle #4
    • 12:45 Meetings are taped
    • 18:02 Kim Scott’s Radical Candor
    • 18:57 The Sheryl Sandberg story
    • 22:10 What happens if you avoid radical candor.
    • 22:17 Obnoxious aggression
    • 22:46 Manipulative insincerity
    • 23:20 Ruinous empathy
    • 26:32 Pushback on these theories

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