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The version you pass on

A phone gets better when someone redesigns it, not when you use it more. The same is true of the organisation you will one day hand your successor.

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The recovery we demand from pilots (but not from CEOs)

CEOs make their biggest calls in a state they'd never accept from a pilot. Why recovery is the precondition for judgement, not the reward for it.

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Four empty chairs

CEO isolation isn't a feeling to manage, it's a staffing gap. The counsel map names the four seats every leader needs, and why two sit empty.

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The Leadership Letter Archive
The version you pass on

A phone gets better when someone redesigns it, not when you use it more. The same is true of the organisation you will one day hand your successor.

Read more →
The recovery we demand from pilots (but not from CEOs)

CEOs make their biggest calls in a state they'd never accept from a pilot. Why recovery is the precondition for judgement, not the reward for it.

Read more →
Four empty chairs

CEO isolation isn't a feeling to manage, it's a staffing gap. The counsel map names the four seats every leader needs, and why two sit empty.

Read more →