One of the most underused tools in a manager's toolkit is a question. "When you've learned something new in the past, what approach worked best for you?" Not everyone learns the same way. What's one way a manager adapted their approach to how you learn that made a difference?

If your boss is doing parts of your job, don't assume they know it. Most don't. And the conversation, handled well, is more welcome than you'd expect. I wrote about how to approach it in @HarvardBiz: hbr.org/2017/03/how-to-tell-… #Leadership #Management

The organizations that come out of difficult periods stronger aren't usually the ones that hunkered down the hardest. We wrote about what it takes to plan for the future while surviving the now on the @Navalent blog. navalent.com/resources/blog/… #Leadership #Strategy

Stop having so many 1:1s. I wrote about what to do instead for @HarvardBiz: hbr.org/2025/07/why-senior-l… #Leadership #ExecutiveLeadership #OrganizationalDesign #HBR #Management

Open-mindedness isn't a feeling. It's a practice. And most of us are much further from it than we think. I wrote about five ways to honestly assess whether your actions actually match your self-proclaimed open-mindedness in @Forbes. forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/… #Leadership

Making it psychologically safe to speak up is one thing. Setting an expectation that people actually do it is another. What's one way you've built a genuine expectation of candor on your team? #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety

One of the questions I get asked often is: if I change the patterns that drove my success, do I lose the ability that came with them? I had a rich conversation with Jem Fuller on the Unknown Path Podcast about exactly this. open.spotify.com/episode/3Bt… #Leadership #OriginStories

Every leader is running a program they didn't consciously install. My colleague and friend @iamseblittle and I call these leadership origin stories, and next week, we're bringing this work to the Purpose Summit in Atlanta. I hope to see you there: thepurposesummit.com/

World Mental Health Day may have passed, but the need for leaders to show up for their teams’ mental health hasn’t. I wrote about what that actually looks like in @Forbes. forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/… #Leadership #MentalHealth #WorkplaceCulture

Leaders who treat resistance as noise miss what it's trying to tell them. I wrote about how to read and respond to resistance in my latest for @HarvardBiz: hbr.org/2026/04/leaders-trea… #Leadership #ChangeManagement

Taking action in the face of incomplete data is an executive’s job. You sometimes won’t know if the decision was “right” until long after it’s made. You better serve your people by modeling how to navigate that reality than by trying to convince them it can be avoided. #Leaders

Strategy doesn't fail because leaders don't care. It fails because they turn inward. Learn more in my @HarvardBiz article: hbr.org/2017/11/executives-f… #Leadership #Strategy #StrategyExecution

The hardest part of decision-making usually isn't the complexity, but the rationalizations leaders use to avoid making the call at all. We wrote about the traps leaders fall into and what to do instead on the @Navalent blog. navalent.com/resources/blog/… #Leadership #DecisionMaking

October is National Learning and Development Month. In my @HarvardBiz article, I share why the best self-improvement is a group activity, and how to make it stick: hbr.org/2017/02/why-self-imp… #Leadership #PersonalDevelopment #LeadershipDevelopment #HBR #Growth

The real work for leaders discussing change is in what you're willing to hear. When people sense you're listening to respond rather than understand, communication turns into performance. From in my @LinkedIn Learning course → shorturl.at/S29p0 #Leadership

For many executives, the connection between their role and the strategic contribution they're supposed to be making isn't obvious. What's the most important thing your own role is actually asking of you right now? #Leadership #StrategyExecution #ExecutiveLeadership

I had a great conversation with Mike Horne on The Authentic Change Podcast about what it actually takes to build honesty, integrity, and authenticity into the fabric of an organization. mike-horne.com/podcast/hones… #Leadership #Honesty

Why do employee requests sometimes irritate us more than they should? Every request reveals what someone else is reaching for and exposes what your own system is protecting. Read more in my @HarvardBiz article with my friend @_jaystringer : hbr.org/2026/04/when-you-sta… #Leadership

I'm thrilled to be joining @iamseblittle at The Purpose Summit on October 20th for our keynote, "A Leader's Origin Story: How Your Past Shapes Your Leadership Without Your Permission". If you're in Atlanta or able to join, I'd love to see you there. thepurposesummit.com/

In this @HarvardBiz article, which is one of my most personal, I explore how obsolescence isn’t an outcome, but a mindset. If you’ve ever questioned your relevance, I hope this piece offers some perspective. hbr.org/2024/06/face-your-fe… #leadership #career #culture