Radical Candor. Part 3: Get Stuff Done

The final part of Radical Candor book overview is about making decisions (other parts: Build Relationships, Managed Growth).

The author suggests a framework to make decisions and support health culture within the team - Get Stuff Done Wheel. The wheel contains the following steps:
✏️ Listen.  You have to listen to the ideas that people have and create a culture where they listen to each other.
✏️ Clarify. You have to create space in which ideas can be clarified, to make sure these ideas don’t get crushed before everyone fully understands their potential usefulness.
✏️ Debate. You have to debate ideas and test them more rigorously.
✏️ Decide. Make a decision. Sometimes it's better to split debate and making decisions on 2 separate sessions.
✏️ Persuade. You have to persuade those who weren’t involved in a decision (stakeholders) that it was a good one so that everyone can execute it effectively.
✏️ Execute. Implement the decision
✏️ Learn. You have to learn from the results, whether or not you did the right thing, and start the whole process over again.

That’s a lot of steps but they should be quick. Not skipping a step and not getting stuck on one are equally important.

Of course, the book contains many more useful techniques and tools to work with people. I would say it’s the top book I read last year from soft skills area. I recommend it to everyone because a good feedback is the foundation of trust relationships in a team—both from the leader and from all team members sides.

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