Executive Leadership

Picture this: You stand before your entire company. They believe you. They trust you. The healing begins. David Restrepo had been interim CEO for three weeks. The former CEO was gone. Harassment allegations. Toxic leadership. The board wanted a clean slate. Conference room A was packed. Two hundred employees. Some sitting on the floor. David

Picture this: You walk into that final boardroom. The investors lean forward. They’re nodding. They want in. Marcus Chen straightened his tie for the fourth time that morning. Conference room B at Goldman Sachs. Twelve faces around a mahogany table. He’d done this pitch seventeen times in the past three weeks. Boston. Chicago. San Francisco.