What Business Leaders Miss About Culture-and Why It Costs Them

For leadership audiences, Mohit speaks candidly about the blind spots that derail even the most sophisticated strategies. He’s seen first-hand how billion-dollar initiatives fail not because of flawed models but because leaders underestimate culture. He outlines practical ways executives can spot when people, not processes, are the real constraint-and how to use three-minute coaching moments to build accountability, agility, and trust. His message is clear: culture isn’t soft, it’s measurable, and it directly drives business performance.

About Mohit Misra

Mohit Misra, podcast guest

Global Leadership Strategist, Harvard-Educated Organizational Psychologist & Former McKinsey Senior Advisor

Harvard-Trained Organizational psychologyTEDx Speaker Coaching in the Age of AI5.6 / 6 Average Lead for Impact participant rating25 years Experience behind Coaching Under 3 Minutes

Mohit Misra has spent his career at the intersection of psychology and business, helping leaders tackle the challenges that no spreadsheet can solve. Educated at Harvard in Human Development and Psychology and with an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, he went on to hold senior global leadership roles in talent and learning at Bank of America, Novartis, and Chemours, before serving as Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. Wherever he worked, the pattern was the same: projects didn’t stumble on process, they stumbled on people. That realization shaped everything that came next.

Mohit’s forthcoming book, Coaching Under 3 Minutes, is his answer to the perennial excuse that managers “don’t have time” to coach. He distills 25 years of experience into short, practical chapters designed for the speed of today’s workplaces. His framework rests on three simple skills—asking with curiosity, listening with intent, and helping others choose an action—that can be practiced in the space of an elevator ride. As he likes to say, “If you can’t coach someone in three minutes, three hours won’t help.”

What sets Mohit apart is the way he brings humor and candor into serious conversations.

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