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Author of Dear Executives: Start Listening Two Levels Down. I write about workplace power, leadership blind spots, and what organizations miss when they stop listening to their strongest employees.

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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Corporate Phantom Limb Syndrome: A 30-Day Blueprint for Inheriting a Traumatized Team (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    How Toxic HR Leaders Build Executive Immunity & What To Do About Them (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Flatter Org Charts, Heavier Layoff Burdens (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    The 6-Hour Wine Test: The Rise of Absurd Executive Gatekeeping (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    Can You Train Away a Toxic CEO? (opens the original)

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