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Radical Candor: Giving Feedback

  • Course Code: LEAD-403

  • Format: In-Person / Virtual

  • Description: Most managers ruin relationships by being too harsh or fail to drive results by being too nice. This course applies Growth Mindset principles to the Radical Candor framework: Caring Personally while Challenging Directly. Learn to deliver difficult feedback that drives behavior change without inducing defensiveness.

  • Learning Objectives:

  • Deliver constructive criticism that drives behavior change without ruining relationships.

  • Deliver difficult feedback using "Care Personally, Challenge Directly".

  • Move beyond "Ruinous Empathy" and "Obnoxious Aggression".

  • Scholar-Practitioner Framework:

  • Theory: Growth Mindset.

  • Application: The Radical Candor Scripting Exercise.

Curriculum: The Feedback Matrix; Challenging Directly; Caring Personally.