Notes on Leading

How Boards Get The Best From CEOs And Vice Versa

Originally published March 8, 2025 on Forbes

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January 2025

The False Promise Of Best Practices

Adopting best practices without doing the hard work of developing your own is a sure path to mediocrity.

Jan 21 • 

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November 2024

Midair

Leaving Letting go Or losing But not yet Landed. Grasping at branches That no longer hold Uncertainty envelopes Identity wobbles.

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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3 Ways Top Teams Make (Or Break) Transformations

Transformations don’t fail. Top teams fail to deliver transformation.

Nov 7, 2024 • 

Doug Sundheim

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August 2024

The Art Of Building A Stellar Team

Building a stellar team is one of the toughest things to do in business.

Aug 29, 2024 • 

Doug Sundheim

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April 2024

The Incredible Patagonia Backstory

Last year, after reading my writing on responsible leadership, Patagonia executives reached out to ask if I’d look at Yvon Chouinard’s new book, The…

Apr 18, 2024 • 

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12 Essential Elements of Strong Senior Teams

Strong senior leadership teams (SLTs) are the heart of successful organizations. In competitive and fast-paced environments they collectively sense the…

Apr 10, 2024 • 

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The third thing

The first thing shakes you The mistake The failure The injustice The loss The second thing sits with you The regret The defeat The anger The despair I'm…

Apr 4, 2024 • 

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April 2023

What Great Leaders Do That Good Leaders Don't

One mindset separates great leaders from good ones. You won’t find it in leadership assessments. It’s never articulated in job descriptions. And it…

Apr 13, 2023 • 

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March 2023

All we have

This moment. Oh, how often missed While lost in the past or future. Wrestling with if-only’s, when’s, and then’s. A trick of the mind In a modern world…

Mar 28, 2023 • 

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November 2022

The answer all along

Often The answer you’re searching for Is an answer you’ve known all along. Often You don’t need to find it You just need to trust it. A telltale sign…

Nov 15, 2022 • 

Doug Sundheim

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October 2022

Giving a damn

Life blossoms When you give a damn About the people You meet About the relationships You build About the work You do About the legacy You leave The…

Oct 25, 2022 • 

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