Boardroom Notes

Essays and field notes on leadership, judgement, and responsibility.

This Journal holds essays, reflections, and field notes drawn from boardrooms, executive coaching conversations, and lived experience across leadership, power, and responsibility.

It is not commentary.
It is thinking in public for those who carry weight, or are preparing to.

Written for CEOs, Chairs, senior leaders, and thoughtful operators navigating complexity, scrutiny, and real consequence.

Editorial Themes

Decision & Judgement

Leadership Under Pressure

Power, Responsibility & Ethics

Work, Identity & Meaning

David McQueen David McQueen

The CEO BounceBack Kit

The best CEOs I’ve worked with don’t see getting fired as failure, rather they see it as part of the terrain. They plan for it, expect it and because they’ve prepared, they can pivot with grace, clarity and control.

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