WORK
TRUE COLOURS
Have you spent too many Friday nights bitching with your work wife about your
colleagues, only to be all smiles come Monday morning? It’s time to get ‘Radically
Candid’. It’s the new management style that’s swept its way from the tech hubs of
Silicon Valley to the ad agencies of NYC and is now gaining traction in the UK.
Created by Kim Scott, who has a podcast and career tome, Radical Candor, on the
subject, it involves being honest with those you work with. Feedback should be given
frankly, swiftly and face-to-face. It apparently creates a more productive workplace
and cuts out office politics. Bye-bye after-work bitchy wines. Hello, HR nightmare.
WORDS BY CATRIONA INNES. PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMY SLOANE
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