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Books like Radical Candor
The best books like Radical Candor are The Making of a Manager, Thanks for the Feedback, and Difficult Conversations. Radical Candor by Kim Scott is about feedback, management, communication. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Making of a Manager
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Julie Zhuo · Business
The Making of a Manager is Julie Zhuo's account of what it actually means to manage people, written from her experience going from individual contributor to VP of Design at Facebook in her twenties.
Shares feedback and management with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Thanks for the Feedback
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Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen · Business
Thanks for the Feedback is Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen's follow-up to Difficult Conversations, this time focused on the receiving end of feedback rather than the giving end.
Shares feedback and communication with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Difficult Conversations
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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business
Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.
Shares communication and leadership with Radical Candor.
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- Fierce Conversations
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Susan Scott · Business
Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.
Shares communication and leadership with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
Harvard Business Review · Business
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback is an anthology collecting some of the most cited Harvard Business Review articles on feedback, including pieces by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, and others.
Shares feedback and communication with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - The Coaching Habit
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Michael Bungay Stanier · Business
The Coaching Habit is Michael Bungay Stanier's practical guide to asking better questions — specifically, seven questions that he argues should become habitual for any manager who wants to coach rather than just direct.
Shares management and communication with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - The New One Minute Manager
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Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson · Business
The New One Minute Manager is a 2015 update to Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson's 1982 classic, rewritten to account for flatter organizations, collaborative work environments, and the shift from managers as controllers to managers as enablers.
Shares feedback and management with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Shares management and leadership with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Shares communication and leadership with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Death by Meeting
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Patrick Lencioni · Business
Death by Meeting is Patrick Lencioni's diagnosis of one of the most universal corporate dysfunctions: meetings that are simultaneously painful and pointless.
Shares communication and leadership with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
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Jonathan Raymond · Business
Good Authority is Jonathan Raymond's argument that the real job of a manager is not to produce results directly but to use the work as a vehicle for people's personal and professional development.
Shares management and leadership with Radical Candor.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Shares management and leadership with Radical Candor.
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Books like Radical Candor: quick answers
What are the best books like Radical Candor?
The best books like Radical Candor by Kim Scott are The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo, Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback by Harvard Business Review, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Radical Candor, such as feedback, management, communication.
What should I read after Radical Candor?
A natural next read after Radical Candor is The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo. Shares feedback and management with Radical Candor. Other strong choices are Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott.
What books are similar to Radical Candor by Kim Scott?
Radical Candor centers on feedback, management, communication. Books with a similar feel include The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo, Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback by Harvard Business Review, The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
