Ron Carucci

Owner/consultant @Navalent. Best selling Author (Amazon#1 Rising to Power and award winning To Be Honest) dad of 2, 2xTEDx, HBR & Forbes contributor, 100Coaches

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"Just be yourself" is incomplete leadership advice.

When authenticity becomes armor, it protects identity instead of sharpening judgment.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and I wrote about what that balance actually looks like for @FastCompany:

https://t.co/KRspxMSeMG

#Authenticity

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The leaders who succeed in leading organizational change aren't those who resolve the tension between agency and ambivalence. They're the ones who learn to ride it.

Learn how in @HarvardBiz:

https://t.co/Z0evwYu3ti

#Leadership #ChangeManagement

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What separates executives who thrive at the top from those who quietly derail?

After 10 years of research, I've found it's less to do with talent than most think.

I talked about it with Dan Moore on @catalyst_action: https://t.co/Y301mtzOFn

#Leadership #ExecutiveLeadership

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"We know those issues aren't helping, but let's get the training going first and get to those later."

That's usually code for: it's never going to happen.

Training doesn't fix what the organization isn't willing to address.

#Leadership #ChangeManagement #OrganizationalChange

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Every leader eventually has to tell their team about a decision they didn't agree with.
Joining their resentment feels like solidarity. It leaves you looking like a victim.

Here's what the good ones do instead in @HarvardBiz: https://t.co/4LtEoVcEWj

#Leadership #Management

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Most leaders think they express gratitude. What they actually express are compliments.

Compliments are intellectual. Gratitude is emotional.

That's why it's harder — and why it means so much more.

Learn more on the Navalent blog: https://t.co/PtMdp1ho34

#Leadership #Gratitude

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Most new leaders don't erode trust because they're bad leaders. They erode it because they're trying too hard to be good ones.

Five ways it happens — and how to avoid them — in my @HarvardBiz piece: https://t.co/JRS4tI2Jg4

#Leadership #Management #NewLeaders

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When there are no consequences for not changing, people ask: "Then why should I?"

Your silence answers that question as loudly as your words.

Learn more in this lesson from my @LinkedIn Learning course: https://t.co/wPpRMYMNqf

#Leadership #ChangeManagement #Accountability

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Trust isn't a lifetime membership.

There's no Platinum status for leadership credibility.

It's a renewable daily asset. You earn it today — and then again tomorrow.

#Leadership #Trust #ExecutiveLeadership

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The old guard and new guard are at war.

It's one of the most common and damaging dynamics inside organizations that have seen sustained disruption.

Restoring unity requires deliberate effort from everyone.

My take in @HarvardBiz: https://t.co/Wux8O8Q8eE

#Leadership #Culture

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Nearly 6 in 10 workers say job stress harms their well-being.

Too many leaders still treat mental health as someone else's responsibility.

Leadership means stepping toward suffering, not away from it.

My take in @Forbes: https://t.co/dZc5Bxdn5N

#MentalHealth #WorkCulture

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Envy in leaders is human. But when it goes unexamined, comparison quietly replaces collaboration.

The antidote isn't denial. It's awareness.

Three ways to break the cycle in my @HarvardBiz piece: https://t.co/ayccbaCbQL

#Leadership #Culture

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Most change frameworks assume a linear path. Those days are over.

Great conversation with @MBS_works on the Change Signal podcast about why transformations really stall — and what to do instead.

🎧 https://t.co/zpj4l3HywK

#Leadership #ChangeManagement

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Uncertainty is one of the most powerful stress triggers.

When people don't know what the future holds, they fill in the gaps — almost always worst-case scenarios.

Leaders who communicate honestly and steadily do more to reduce resistance than any perfect message.

#Leadership

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I give most CEOs I work with the same advice at some point. Stop having so many 1:1s.

@HarvardBiz asked me to talk through why on video — and what leaders can do instead.

Find my full article here: https://t.co/hlJaRAhrlA

#Leadership #ExecutiveTeams #OrganizationalDesign #HBR

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The same instincts that propel careers often become the what derails leaders at high altitudes.

My colleague @Luis1_velasquez and I wrote about why collaboration doesn't come naturally for so many high-performers and what to do about it for @HarvardBiz:

https://t.co/3glPyheeWW

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Coaching that stays conceptual hasn't done its job.

The work is translating insight into different decisions, behaviors, and outcomes.

We explored how a rigorous executive coaching process actually looks in this @Navalent blog:

https://t.co/6Gb7dPKG4G

#ExecutiveLeadership

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Stakeholder confidence in executive teams is at an all-time low. And the volatility isn't letting up.

Leaders who restore confidence have the courage to be transparent about not having them.

Learn more in my article for @HarvardBiz:

https://t.co/dvnPw6EwcY

#ExecutiveTeams

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When we accomplish things through collaboration with others, things we could never accomplish on our own, our sense of purpose is amplified.

#leadership #purpose #collaboration #OrganizationalBehavior #culture

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Most organizations drift to one of two extremes: individual heroics or endless consensus.

Finding the balance requires leaders to hold tension most would rather avoid.

My conversation with Marie Gervais on the Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast: https://t.co/iNYjSWmEaF