Sublime

“Radical candor is humble, it’s helpful, it’s immediate, it’s in person — in private if it’s criticism and in public if it’s praise — and it doesn’t personalize.”

“Radical Candor” is what happens when you put “Care Personally” and “Challenge Directly” together.

“Radical Candor” is what happens when you put “Care Personally” and “Challenge Directly” together.

“Radical Candor” is what happens when you put “Care Personally” and “Challenge Directly” together.

Compassionate Candor engages the heart (care personally) and the mind (challenge directly). Unfortunately, the term “Radical Candor” doesn’t communicate that to everyone.

If the vertical axis is caring personally and the horizontal axis is challenging directly , you want your feedback to fall in the upper right-hand quadrant. That’s where radical candor lies.