INSIGHTS

Notes on the practice of leadership.

Written plainly, for those who lead.

Occasional essays on governance, succession, and the discipline of building institutions that endure.

June 2025GOVERNANCE

The quiet work of governance

Why the best boards are the ones you never hear about.

April 2025SUCCESSION

Succession begins earlier than you think

The most important leadership decision is usually made too late.

February 2025STRATEGY

Strategy is a discipline, not a document

The plan is the easy part. Holding to it is the work.

December 2024LEADERSHIP

On leading what you did not build

Inheriting an institution is its own kind of founding.

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