Ep. 73 - How to be a Kick-Ass Boss: Being Radically Candid to Propel You and Your Team Forward with Kim Scott

05/12/20 • 64 min

We’ve all had our share of bad bosses and we’re familiar with the negative impact they can have on our ability to grow and thrive. Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor, Inc. and author of the NYT & WSJ bestseller ‘Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss without Losing your Humanity’ has made it her company’s mission to rid the world of bad bosses by helping organizations create BS-free zones at workplaces around the world.

Her breadth of experiences have given her an in-depth perspective on the conditions that people need to do their best work. She was a startup founder and CEO, led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google and then joined Apple to develop and teach a leadership seminar. Further, Kim’s been a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and several other tech companies.

And what she’s learned is that it takes being radically candid as a manager - caring personally while challenging directly to create the right momentum.

In this episode, Kim shares:

Where some of the bad boss behavior emanates from
The challenges that many leaders face when it comes to knowing how to guide their teams effectively
The concepts, applications and benefits behind the Radical Candor framework
How to deliver praise and criticism in a way that is helpful

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And what she’s learned is that it takes being radically candid as a manager - caring personally while challenging directly to create the right momentum.

In this episode, Kim shares:

Where some of the bad boss behavior emanates from
The challenges that many leaders face when it comes to knowing how to guide their teams effectively
The concepts, applications and benefits behind the Radical Candor framework
How to deliver praise and criticism in a way that is helpful

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/73

Resources:

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

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Ep. 72 - Understanding and Overcoming Social Anxiety to Propel Your Career Forward - with Mark Metry

Whether you’re the leader of a company or a new hire, understanding and developing your EQ is essential to career success. But if you are one of many with social anxiety, breaking out of your comfort zone to build meaningful connections with others is challenging. And if you manage someone with social anxiety, you might mistake their behavior for a lack of motivation, but really that’s not the case.

For Mark Metry, learning how to overcome his own struggles with mental health while reframing his mindset was critical to driving his career. Mark is a 22-year-old entrepreneur and the author of Screw Being Shy: Learn How to Manage Social Anxiety and Be Yourself in Front of Anyone, and he’s on a mission to spread awareness about social anxiety and help others learn to overcome it.

In this episode, Mark shares his personal journey, the science behind social anxiety, advice for breaking through to meet your potential, and how to better understand those who may suffer from this social disorder.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/

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Ep. 74 - Networking the Right Way: How to Build Real Relationships to Help Propel You Forward - with Jordan Harbinger

Jordan Harbinger, often referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert.

He’s hosted a Top-50 podcast for over 12 years and The Jordan Harbinger Show is one of the most popular podcasts in the world. On Jordan’s podcast, he deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and practical insights with the rest of us.

But before all that, he made it his mission to understand how to network effectively and teach people in the process. And it’s his mastery of this skill that’s led him to where he is today.

Many of us intuitively know that networking is important to do, but the idea of it makes us really uncomfortable. So what does it take to build and master this skill in a way that you are able to make real connections?

In this episode, Jordan shares

How his focus on making networking a competitive advantage led him to where he is today.
The challenges and misconceptions around what networking really means.
What it takes to build those authentic relationships that can propel you and your career forward.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/74

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