Being direct isn’t optional. It’s your job as a leader. As Kim Scott lays out in Radical Candor, great leadership means telling the hard truth—with care, and without delay. Avoiding the conversation doesn’t protect anyone. It protects your discomfort—and puts the company at risk. Because when you dodge the truth: → The wrong people stay in the wrong roles → Problems multiply in the shadows → Culture crumbles, and execution stalls If you’re not speaking with radical clarity, you’re not helping. Y