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The Most Important Thing Leaders Should Think About in 2026

Kim Scott · 18 Apr 2026

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  1. Our reading

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

    Their wordsWe 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.

  2. Our reading

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

    Their wordsI 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.

  3. Our reading

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

    Their wordsAnd 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.

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