Watch Brad Poulos break down radical candor in leadership: the blunt feedback that changed his style, and why humility drives durable business growth.
Watch Brad Poulos, small business professor and author of Most Problems Solve Themselves, unpack radical candor in leadership: telling people the truth, kindly, even when it's uncomfortable.
Brad shares the real story behind it: early in his career, he asked a star employee to review him as a manager. The employee hesitated three times before finally telling him the truth: "you're an effing tyrant." Brad calls those four words life-changing, and explains how facing that feedback, instead of dismissing it, reshaped how he leads to this day.
You'll also hear why he calls himself "quote boy" from his own founder days, how delegation let a company survive its founder's exit, and why he thinks humility, not a productivity hack, is the real starting point for emotional intelligence.
Watch above, then get the full conversation on the episode page: Emotional Intelligence for Durable Growth with Brad Poulos (https://www.theblisspodcast.com/emotional-intelligence-for-durable-growth-with-brad-poulos/) Learn more about Brad and his books at bradpoulos.com.