ROSS BLANKENSHIP, PHD

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An organizational psychologist, author, entrepreneur, and lecturer, Ross is uniquely gifted at helping leaders navigate their toughest work challenges and most vexing career questions. As the founder and principal of Tuesday Advisors, he partners with organizations to conduct in depth succession coaching and planning, and leadership development initiatives.

He coaches a wide array of leaders and leadership teams to improve performance, communication, and decision-making, and advises founders and investors on leadership, assessment, and talent strategy. Guided by deep psychological insight and a relational, pragmatic approach, Ross loves helping leaders and organizations get unstuck and chart their paths to the future.

He is the author of the book Assessing CEOs and Senior Leaders: A Primer for Consultants, published in 2021 by the American Psychological Association, and of the forthcoming book Everyday Leadership: A Guide to Developing Your Mindset as a Leader to be published by Routledge in early 2025.

Previously, Ross started and led the leadership assessment group of a boutique executive search firm and has been a core member of the leadership advisory services team at a global executive search firm. He also co-founded a software startup that enabled businesses to measure cultural values at scale, and sold the IP to another technology company.

His writing has been featured in scholarly and mainstream business publications like Leadership Quarterly, Forbes, and Psychology Today, and he regularly writes a newsletter on navigating complex decisions in work, leadership, life, and career called Now What?

He holds a B.A. in English language and literature from the University of Virginia, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in consulting psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.

He and his wife live in Birmingham, AL with their two daughters and two vizslas.