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The Subtle Art of Leadership.

A weekly newsletter on LinkedIn with two running series — one about the patterns most leadership writing misses, the other about the founders actually building things.

Series One

Beneath The Surface.

Leadership patterns hiding in plain sight. Short essays that drop you into a moment — a meeting, a client call, a team dynamic — and surface the pattern you were already dealing with but hadn't named. No frameworks, no action items, no tidy resolution. The recognition is the point.

September 2, 2026 The Answer Key You are the answer key. Read → August 26, 2026 The Appointment You Keep Moving One had a client inside it. The other had you. Read → August 19, 2026 By 10:15 The forty-five seconds is not the cost. Read → April 14, 2026 Do You Love IPA Too? Except for the hangover. That's what happens with Instant Priority Abandonment. Read → March 31, 2026 Towels, TP and Your Dishwasher Toilet paper. Over or under. You have a preference. A strong one. Read → March 17, 2026 Pasta Doesn't Stick You said pasta. You meant penne. Read → March 3, 2026 Fanciful Leadership: Reckless or Responsible? A 20+ year seasoned attorney described two uninterrupted hours a day as fanciful. Read → February 24, 2026 The Question Tax You finished one thing. Started another. Got two sentences into a thought — and then the ping. Read → February 17, 2026 Adult Supervision Required Some work arrives with authority. Some arrives with a sign-up sheet. Read → February 10, 2026 Hiring A Players Is Lazy Leadership One-line labels create a leadership cop-out. Read → January 27, 2026 The Glass House When stress hits, you can feel your team watching. Read → January 22, 2026 Cold War. No Winners. Two people with the same title, locked in a stalemate neither can win. Read → January 6, 2026 De-Criminalize Assumptions, Please Assumptions are not a problem. The way they're treated is. Read → December 23, 2025 Sticky Goals Motivation not required. Read → December 16, 2025 Does Your Team Own or Rent? Their processes. Their tasks. Their day-to-day decisions. Read → December 9, 2025 Does Delegation Require a Vulcan Mind Meld? It can feel that way. Read → December 2, 2025 The Upside Down of Accountability What if there was a flip side to accountability — one that doesn't start with checking up on people? Read → November 25, 2025 "I was tired of managing people." A statement to respect. It's honest. Read → November 18, 2025 That's Not Important A statement that puts you in the fast lane to chaos. Read → November 11, 2025 Stop Trying to Be Clear Start assuming you aren't. Read →

Series Two

Inside The Build.

Founder spotlights on the people doing the work. A conversation-driven series featuring founders of boutique law firms and other small organizations. Their words, lightly connected — no commentary, no evaluation. Just a close look at how the work actually gets done.

September 1, 2026 · Dalton, Georgia Lynda L. Parks Lynda L. Parks Law, LLC Personal Injury Read → August 31, 2026 · Toronto, Ontario Kavina Nagrani NIKA LAW LLP Wills, Estates & Elder Law Read → August 25, 2026 · Zagreb, Croatia Tomislav Pedišić Vukmir + Associates Technology & M&A Read → August 24, 2026 · Zagreb, Croatia Mladen Vukmir Vukmir + Associates Intellectual Property Read → August 18, 2026 · New York, New York Vivian Rivera Drohan Drohan Lee LLP Litigation & Financial Services Read → August 17, 2026 · Manchester, England Tasnim Khalid Private Client Solicitors Private Wealth Read → August 11, 2026 · Frankfurt, Germany Eirini C. Lika Eirini C Lika, LLM International Boutique Law Practice AI Governance & FinTech Read → August 10, 2026 · Seattle, Washington Elise Buie Elise Buie Family Law Group Family Law Read → August 4, 2026 · San Diego, California Heather Slotnick MLO Intellectual Property Read → August 3, 2026 · Miami, Florida Jessica Furr Lawgorithm Advisors Startup & Venture Capital Read → July 29, 2026 · Columbia, Maryland Snehal Massey SPM Law, LLC Family Law Read → July 28, 2026 · Tallinn, Estonia Felipe Mohando Nobis Tax & Legal International Tax Read → July 15, 2026 · Napa, California Alicia Cronbach Cronbach Law Group PC Wine & Beverage Law Read → July 14, 2026 · NY · PA · NJ · FL William K. Phillips (Bill) Phillips & Associates Harassment & Discrimination Read → July 13, 2026 · Studio City · Mission Viejo, California Kelly Charhut Hughes Laurel Trust Law LLP Trusts & Estates Read → June 29, 2026 · Northern Alabama Shelbie Hankey Hankey Law Firm Family & General Law Read → June 24, 2026 · Walnut Creek, California Angela De La Housaye Ashley DLHA Law Group Business & Employment Read → June 23, 2026 · Lexington, Kentucky Matt Lockaby Lockaby PLLC Labor & Employment Read → June 22, 2026 · Chicago · Northern Illinois Steven Leahy Leahy Cox, LLP IRS Tax Resolution Read → June 17, 2026 · California Andrew Brodkin Brodkin Law Contracts & Disputes Read → June 16, 2026 · New York City Vlad Portnoy Portnoy Law Estate Planning & Elder Law Read → June 15, 2026 · Santa Fe, New Mexico Damon Hudson Hudson Law Firm Personal Injury Read → June 10, 2026 · NH · Maine · Massachusetts Amy Cann Cann Law Business Legal Services Read → June 9, 2026 · Greater Seattle, Washington Jason G Epstein Premier Law Group Personal Injury Read → June 8, 2026 · Los Angeles · New York Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum Grove Law LLP Employment Litigation Read → June 4, 2026 · Montreal · New York Adam Atlas Atlas Law Fintech & Crypto Read → June 3, 2026 · Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Ahmed Elnaggar Elnaggar & Partners Corporate & Commercial Read → June 2, 2026 · Upstate New York Debra Whitson WhitsonLaw PLLC Family Law Read → June 1, 2026 · NYC · LA · Austin · Atlanta · Miami Gary Adelman Adelman Matz Entertainment & IP Read → May 28, 2026 · Wheeling, Illinois Cathy Higgins-Mora Higgins-Mora Law Immigration & Nationality Read → May 27, 2026 · Richmond, Virginia Charles Inch Inch & Associates Criminal & Family Law Read → May 26, 2026 · New York · Washington, D.C. Blake Hunter Yagman Yagman PLLC Antitrust & Consumer Read → May 25, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois Russell Knight Russell D. Knight & Associates Divorce & Family Law Read → May 19, 2026 · Irvine, California Brent Rawlings Rawlings Law Personal Injury Read → May 18, 2026 · Troy, Michigan Leza Elias Elias Law Family & Personal Injury Read → May 14, 2026 · Statewide Utah Ryan Gregerson RCG Law Group Family Law Read → May 13, 2026 · Kansas City, Missouri Michael Rapp Rapp Law Firm Consumer Protection Read → May 12, 2026 · Rancho Palos Verdes, California Jennifer Novak Novak Environmental Law Environmental Law Read → May 11, 2026 · Bessemer, Alabama Rob Winslett The Winslett Law Firm Criminal Defense & Estate Planning Read → May 6, 2026 · Atlanta, Georgia Tamara Vrooman Lucas My Panda Founder, My Panda Read → May 1, 2026 · Raleigh · Durham · Chapel Hill, NC Michelle Taylor Taylor+Scale Founder, Taylor+Scale Read → April 30, 2026 · Minnesota Patrick Patino Patino Law Business Law Read → April 28, 2026 · Beverly Hills · Bay Area · NYC Hillary Johns Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer Civil Litigation Read → April 15, 2026 · Treasure Valley, Idaho Rylie Hicks Scrubbed Spotless Founder, Scrubbed Spotless Read → April 13, 2026 · San Antonio, Texas Delilah Walter Walter Law PLLC Real Estate Law Read → April 8, 2026 · New York City Elena Obukhova Supermoon Co-Founder, Supermoon Read → April 6, 2026 · Indianapolis, Indiana Amie Peele Leake Peele Law Group IP & Brand Law Read → April 1, 2026 · Northeast Ohio Amy McMillin Custom Care Rehab Founder, Custom Care Rehab Read → March 30, 2026 · New York Erin Liechty Liechty Law Immigration Law Read → March 27, 2026 · Virtual Max Juhasz Curious Monkeys Pressing Buttons Digital Marketing Read → March 26, 2026 · New York Crystal Banse Banse Law Business Advisory Read → March 24, 2026 · San Diego, California Brian Lawler Pilot Law Aviation & USERRA Read → March 23, 2026 · Virtual Katy Dubinsky PostGigs Founder, PostGigs Read →

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