Kim Scott

Beliefs Korrents

• Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.

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  • Leaders should solicit feedback and reward candor; the best route to psychological safety is inviting people to say they're wrong.

    I think the most important thing for leaders to think about in 2026 is that they need to start by soliciting feedback and then reward the candor when they get it. Leaders need to lay their power down. The best thing leaders can do to create a culture of psychological safety is to encourage people to tell them when they’re wrong.

    The Most Important Thing Leaders Should Think About in 2026 Said 18 Apr 2026

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  • Psychological safety means productive conflict, not the absence of conflict.

    And by the way, psychological safety does not mean no conflict. It means productive conflict. It means encouraging people to tell you when you’re wrong — and rewarding the candor when you get it. Rewarding candor does not always mean agreeing with what people say.

    The Most Important Thing Leaders Should Think About in 2026 Said 18 Apr 2026

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  • You can care personally and challenge directly at the same time; being good and being successful are not a choice.

    We don’t have to choose between being a good person and being super successful. We can have both. We can care personally and challenge directly at the same time, and that’s really what Radical Candor is all about.

    The Most Important Thing Leaders Should Think About in 2026 Said 18 Apr 2026

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  • Becoming the boss puts you under a microscope; people read meaning into everything you say and do.

    When you become the boss, you are under the microscope. People do listen to you in an intense way you never experienced before you became a manager. They attribute meaning — sometimes accurately, sometimes not — to what you say, to the clothes you wear, to the car you drive.

    Every Move You Make: The Unexpected Influence of Being the Boss Said 3 Sept 2025

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  • Managers who can't listen to everyone each week need a scalable culture of listening, such as an ideas team.

    One of the most important goals of a one-on-one meeting is to listen. And when you can’t listen to every person every week, you have to find a scalable way to create a culture of listening. That’s where an ideas team comes in.

    3 Ways You Can Scale a Culture of Listening Said 26 Jul 2025

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  • People who cannot manage themselves should not manage others.

    I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again: Emotional dysregulation, bullying and bloviating are not leadership attributes. People who cannot manage themselves should not manage others. But as we all know, there are many people in positions of power who abuse it, despite there being a growing consensus that coercion, even by otherwise visionary leaders, neither gets the best results out of people nor generates the innovation necessary to thrive in the modern economy.

    Leadership ≠ Control: How to Avoid the Authoritarian Spiral Said 27 Jun 2025

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  • Boards must hold the CEO accountable and back HR, or HR is left in a terrible position.

    The issue here is that the people who have the most power — the people on the board of directors — are generally best positioned to dodge accountability. This puts HR in a terrible position unless the organizational structure is deliberately designed to limit the power of the CEO. The board of directors must hold the CEO accountable and have HR’s back.

    Leadership ≠ Control: How to Avoid the Authoritarian Spiral Said 27 Jun 2025

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  • A company's compliance function should report to the audit committee and be able to go around the CEO.

    For these situations, companies have a compliance function that should have a strong leader. The compliance function should report directly to the audit committee and can go around the CEO if needed. The internal audit function works the same way for the same reasons.

    Leadership ≠ Control: How to Avoid the Authoritarian Spiral Said 27 Jun 2025

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