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General Collaboration Exercise · Closure and Transfer

Radical Candor Workshop • WorkshopBank

The group will learn the core ideas, see where they tend to sit on the Radical Candor grid, and then spend most of the time practising real conversations so they leave with clear next steps they can use straight away.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Follow Through This closure and transfer exercise strengthens Follow Through, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Managers who want to improve one to one conversations
  2. Team leaders who need to address performance and behaviour
  3. HR and People professionals who support managers
  4. Individual contributors who want to give peers clearer feedback
  5. Project leads who work with cross functional teams
  6. This practical workshop helps people give and receive better feedback using the Radical Candor approach.
  7. The group will learn the core ideas, see where they tend to sit on the Radical Candor grid, and then spend most of the time practising real conversations so they leave with clear next steps they can use straight away.
  8. Many teams avoid honest feedback or give it in a clumsy way that harms trust.
  9. They build skill and confidence, so that back at work they can care personally and challenge directly in a way that improves performance and relationships.
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Individual contributors who want to give peers clearer feedback

This practical workshop helps people give and receive better feedback using the Radical Candor approach.

The group will learn the core ideas, see where they tend to sit on the Radical Candor grid, and then spend most of the time practising real conversations so they leave with clear next steps they can use straight away.

Many teams avoid honest feedback or give it in a clumsy way that harms trust.

They build skill and confidence, so that back at work they can care personally and challenge directly in a way that improves performance and relationships.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Radical Candor Workshop • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Individual contributors who want to give peers clearer feedback; This practical workshop helps people give and receive better feedback using the Radical Candor approach.; The group will learn the core ideas, see where they tend to sit on the Radical Candor grid, and then spend most of the time practising real conversations so they leave with clear next steps they can use straight away.; Many teams avoid honest feedback or give it in a clumsy way that harms trust.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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