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Kim Scott Keynote Speaker and Radical Candor author

Kim Scott

Bestselling Author, 'Radical Candor' & 'Radical Respect'; CEO Coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and More

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Kim Scott, author of the bestseller Radical Candor, is a leadership and culture expert who co-founded Radical Candor®, LLC to help organizations foster collaboration over command and control. She has held leadership roles at Google and Apple, coached executives at top tech companies, and authored books like Just Work (soon to be re-released as Radical Respect), focusing on building inclusive and effective workplace cultures.

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    Kim Scott biography

    Leadership speaker Kim Scott is one of the world’s most influential voices on management, feedback, and workplace culture. She is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, which has sold more than a million copies, been translated into dozens of languages, and reshaped how leaders everywhere give and receive feedback.

    Scott co-founded Radical Candor, the company behind her acclaimed talks, workshops, and podcast, which recently introduced Compass, an AI coach that helps leaders put her management philosophy into practice. Her ideas are grounded in an extraordinary career: she led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google, served on the faculty at Apple University, and coached chief executives at companies including Dropbox, Qualtrics, and Twitter.

    From Radical Candor to Radical Respect

    Scott’s second major work, Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better, tackles what gets in the way of collaborative, fair workplaces. A thorough revision of her earlier book Just Work, it gives leaders practical tools to root out bias, prejudice, and bullying and to build cultures where everyone can do their best work. She explores the same themes on her Radical Candor and Radical Respect podcasts.

    Scott’s path to the boardroom was anything but conventional. She co-founded and led the startups Juice Software and Capital Thinking, advised the FCC as a senior policy advisor, managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo, and even started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. Those wide-ranging experiences inform the candor, empathy, and hard-won realism that define her work today.

    As a speaker, Kim Scott gives audiences a clear, immediately usable framework for building stronger teams: how to care personally while challenging directly, how to turn feedback into a tool for growth, and how to create a culture of respect that drives real performance. Warm, funny, and refreshingly practical, she leaves managers and executives with tactics they can apply the moment they leave the room.

    Kim Scott Speaking Videos

    Kim Scott - How to lead with radical candor
    Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss

    Kim Scott Keynote Topics

    In her signature keynote, Kim Scott shares the framework that has reshaped management worldwide. She shows how the best leaders care personally and challenge directly at the same time, and why doing only one (or neither) undermines trust and performance. Using stories from her own career, Scott offers a clear order of operations and practical, tactical tips audiences can put to work the moment they return to their teams.

    Great teams are built one relationship at a time. Scott explains how to recognize when team members are in steady, dependable "rock star" mode and when they are in high-growth "superstar" mode, and how to manage and motivate each differently. She shares how to hold the career conversations that reveal what people truly want, helping leaders keep their best people engaged and growing.

    Most teams lose enormous time to meetings that go nowhere. Scott lays out her "get stuff done" approach, showing how to design one-on-ones, staff meetings, debate and decision meetings, and goal-setting so that conversations lead to action. The result is a team that moves faster, argues productively, and turns ideas into results.

    Drawing on Radical Respect, Scott helps audiences distinguish bias, prejudice, and bullying, and gives them practical language for responding when they encounter each. She shows how to be an upstander rather than a silent bystander and shares concrete steps leaders can take to prevent these behaviors and build a culture of respect where everyone can thrive.

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    FAQs on Booking Kim Scott

    Why Kim Scott?

    Booking Kim Scott brings your audience the creator of one of the most influential management ideas of the past decade. Her bestseller Radical Candor has sold more than a million copies and given leaders around the world a shared language for honest, caring feedback. Drawing on her experience leading teams at Google, teaching at Apple University, and coaching CEOs at companies like Dropbox and Qualtrics, Scott delivers keynotes that are warm, funny, and packed with tactics people can use right away. She turns abstract ideas about culture into concrete habits that strengthen teams. Engaging and deeply practical, she is an ideal choice for events on leadership, culture, and the future of work. Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you book Kim Scott for your next event.

    What is Radical Candor?

    Radical Candor is Kim Scott's framework for effective feedback, built on two simple principles: care personally and challenge directly. When leaders do both at once, feedback becomes a tool for growth rather than a source of fear. Scott contrasts Radical Candor with three less effective behaviors, including staying silent to avoid conflict and criticizing without showing you care. Introduced in her bestselling book of the same name, the idea has been adopted by managers and companies worldwide.

    What is Kim Scott's book Radical Respect about?

    Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better is Kim Scott's guide to building fairer, more collaborative workplaces. A thorough revision of her earlier book Just Work, it offers practical ways to recognize and root out bias, prejudice, and bullying, and to respond when you witness them. The book gives leaders and teams concrete tools for creating cultures where everyone feels respected and able to do their best work.

    What topics does leadership speaker Kim Scott cover?

    Kim Scott speaks on leadership, feedback, management, workplace culture, diversity and respect, and the future of work. Her keynotes translate the Radical Candor and Radical Respect frameworks into practical habits leaders can apply immediately to build stronger, more inclusive teams. To book leadership speaker Kim Scott for your conference or corporate event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.

    How to book Kim Scott as a keynote speaker?

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    Can I book Kim Scott for a virtual keynote?

    Yes, Kim Scott is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Kim Scott for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.