15. Revolutionising Workplace Honesty: The Radical Candor Experiment
In this episode we discuss: "Revolutionising Workplace Honesty: The Radical Candor Experiment". Our special guest is Ben Gateley, CEO at CharlieHR. Ben is an outspoken champion of positive workplace culture and is a passionate advocate for all things “people”.
Bethany and I discuss the following:
- Praising publicly and criticising privately
- Giving criticism within 24 hours
- Killing the “shit” sandwich
- What to do with moaning
- The synergy between asking for feedback and giving feedback
- Coaching vs. Evaluation feedback
We discuss the following with Ben:
- What made you decide to implement Radical Candor?
- How did you implement Radical Candor? What were the learnings?
- How do you now build and operationalise a strong culture of feedback?
- What is the cultural difference between the UK and US styles? Why does it matter?
- To what degree do values matter in developing a strong culture of feedback?
References:
Ben’s podcast with Kim Scott: The Culture Ops Podcast: How do you build a culture where people “care personally” ?
Legal law firm for scaleups that Brandon used: Harper James
Biography:
Ben is the CEO and co-founder of CharlieHR: an HR software used by thousands of small businesses worldwide. He has started and grown a number of successful companies since his teenage years — including BORN SOCIAL, one of the most successful social media agencies for challenger brands in the world.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
