Any star rating would just be treated as some sort of political declaration (5 stars: agreement with KS, 1 star: disagreement, anything in between: "make you mind, dude!") and in fact it would probably distract observers from what's really important about this book. So yeah, no star rating, but bear with me.- First of all, no, it's not really a book about "work". It's a book about diversity, inclusion and creating the environment where everybody feels (s)he belongs. Frankly, I didn't see this co...

This book is brutally honest about bias (unconscious inclination), prejudice (preconceived opinion), discrimination (unjust treatment), harassment (aggressive pressure or intimidation), and unsafe work environment. The stories are enlightening as they make you realize everyone at some point has been a perpetrator (treat people unfairly because of your judgment of their superficial appearance) and a victim (the only male/female in the room, a minority, or an outsider joining a group). If you're f...

This book is excellent. It's honest - sometimes brutally so - but it kind of has to be in covering the material that it covers. The best part is that - like Radical Candor - Kim Scott gives us language and a framework to move forward inside difficult conversations. Anyone in a leadership position or in HR or part of work team would benefit from reading this book.

Gripping from the start with personal stories as a professional woman in tech, Scott delivers her message with very direct instructions for victims, perpetrators, and managers at all levels in the workplace. Sometimes preachy and condescending, she immediately punches with questions that challenge one to reflect on your own behaviors and bias. She offers helpful scripts that provide clarity for tough, shameful, and embarrassing encounters. Perfect tool for SHARP and EO programs.

This non-fiction book defines various types of workplace biases, prejudices, hostile bullying, and systemic injustices and lays out techniques for combatting each of these.In general, I thought this was fine. There wasn't really any new ground covered, just another way of thinking about biased/toxic workplaces and coworkers. It felt like a book written for people who want to create a better work environment, but are just baffled as to how to do it. While her anecdotes regarding women in the work...

It’s obvious from the beginning that it’s a much more honest business book than you usually see. Kim starts with her own stories, and they are raw: she is unflinching when talking about her own mistakes and flaws. This is such a refreshing departure from the gauzy “vulnerability” you sometimes see from business authors, where admissions of fault end up being weirdly slippery and vague. Kim’s stories are very real, and she doesn’t sugarcoat her experiences -- I’m sure it would have been easier to...

I have so many thoughts about Kim Scott's new book. This is generally a sign that I need to sit with it a while more so I might come back to this review and change/add. But I just finished it so here are some of my raw thoughts.- There's a lot of vulnerability and honest sharing of life experiences in this book. Kim shares a lot of what she experienced as an employee and decisions she made as a leader, she recounts many of her regrets at both times- There is a structure to the book that makes it...

Kim Malone Scott's "Radical Candor" was a life-changing book for me. If you've been around me in a professional setting, you've heard me sing its praises. After having been introduced to the book by my agency's personnel director, I became and continue to be one of the book's truly hardcore fans. I've incorporated it into both my personal and professional life and I can even say that "Radical Candor" helped me when I had to deal with healthcare during a hospitalization and limb amputation in lat...

The fact that we can’t fix everything is not a good reason to do nothing.Kim Scott's previous book Radical Candor 5/5 (amazing). I could easily recommend it to anyone. My expectations for Just Work were high because of that. While I liked a lot in this book, overall, I found it just 2/5 (ok). Just Work is primarily focused on Diversity & Inclusion. This is a topic that creates strong reactions. Thus I want to start by stating that I find the topic crucial. Specifically, I care strongly about sys...

HIGHLIGHTS: 1. Phrases that put attention on the behavior. “It is disrespectful to”“It is a violation of company policy to”2. Establish a Boundary: Default response should not be silent. - Problematic behaviors should not be ignored.- Pushback on the bias. - Like-ability bias. - Clumsy curiosity: allies that need more information. 3. Upstander work: 3rd person intervenes to deescalate and protect the person with less power.4. Challenge the person harming. “What’s going on for you here?”“You are

This book was fabulous. One of the few books that I learned something groundbreaking, and it was multiple new things. I highlighted so much in the book that spoke to me, and have referred to it multiple times already, even before I finished the book. I particularly loved the framework she put around bias, prejudice, bullying, and their connection to discrimination and harassment. She defines these in a simple and memorable way, along with recommended responses - that differ from what I've seen i...

There were so many parts in this book where I was frantically grabbing my highlighter and underlining and circling sections of the book. Kim Scott has a way of writing a self development book which makes me go “Omg yes, that’s me!”. Which I haven’t really experienced before - normally I will just think about whether I agree or if the author’s point logically makes sense. This book is all about practical and straight forward advice with real and relatable examples. She shares so many lessons she

I see this as a good consolidated reference for advice on how to create more just workspaces. Kim Scott strikes a good balance between speaking from her own experience while also acknowledging the limitations of her own experience. She doesn't pull in other individual voices as much as I might have liked. She does discuss challenges and experiences that go beyond her own. My main criticism of this book is that it felt a bit rushed. There were two key models, and it didn't quite feel like they we...

I loved Kim Scott's first book Radiacal Candor, but the biggest concern I had with it was she let her privileged show though a bit with her stories of her past working at tech giants. I still liked it enough to automatically buy Just Work without hesitation. With that being said, this was not a good book.Kim Scott spends a book talking about bias and discrimination from the place of a Silicon Valley Exec who never had to struggle in her life. Once you get past her discussing all her awesome jobs...

Kim Scott is one of my best mentors— and we’ve personally never met. So when Netgalley & St. Martin’s press offered me a free digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review, it was an easy yes. And it did not disappoint.Kim’s book Radical Candor is one that I have recommended to countless colleagues and friends and re-read several times, and this timely follow up about creating just workplaces is likely to be no different. Just Work forces you, as the reader (if you’re like me and so

Kim Scott writes with earnestness and purpose on how to create systems of equity and justice at work. She shares candid personal stories where sometimes she was on the right side of situations and sometimes the wrong one. Her honesty and vulnerability makes those stories powerful and inspiring. Worth reading to know how to be an upstander and recognize when we perpetuate bias, prejudice and discrimination ourselves.

Real talk about inclusion, belonging, discrimination, harassment and the importance of DEI work to get us to a place where everyone can just work and not worry about any of these things anymore. Highly recommended for all leaders, folx working in DEI or human resources and really just everyone!

My partner says the book sounds like a company mandate training. I can't disagree.

This book appeared in my life at just the right time (thanks to an advance from the publisher). Kim Scott knows how to write and tell a story. She is generous in sharing stories about herself that don’t paint the most favorable picture of herself but pack a punch in the lesson learned - I admired this about her. (And coincidentally my son is trying to write a college admissions essay where they ask the difference between tolerance and acceptance - after reading this book, the answer was clear to...

As a woman of color and loving Kim Scott’s first book radical candor, I got it immediately and listened via audio book. I work in tech and the topics resonate with me that I’ve requested to have my leadership team do a book club. I can see where inherit bias and folks that have benefited from their whiteness might feel attacked in this book BUT I ASSURE YOU KEEP READING.