They were always reluctant at first—“What about ‘criticize in private’?” But when you are the boss, that rule doesn’t apply to you. **When you encourage people to criticize you publicly, you get the chance to show your team that you really, genuinely want the criticism.** You also set an ideal for the team as a whole: everyone should embrace criticism that helps us do our jobs better. The bigger the team, the more leverage you get out of reacting well to criticism in public. --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[challenging-others]], [[culture]], [[management]], [[feedback]] **Source** — [[202303281533 - B - Radical Candor]]