Leadership: A Curated Collection of Leadership Articles

As an executive coach working with senior leaders across technology, finance, pharma, and consulting, I regularly come across leadership articles worth sharing. Some articulate an important perspective more clearly than I could myself. Others offer a new perspective on a popular coaching topic or challenge conventional thinking on executive leadership and organizational development.

These are the articles I most often send and recommend to clients. Enjoy!

Leadership Articles 2026

7/10/26

Friday Forward - Plain Sight 

Robert Glazer

Every leader eventually faces a gap between the story they want to believe and the reality everyone else can see. This article examines how closing that gap can become the turning point. This article shares why ignoring the truth never helps and the importance of sharing your challenges with others.  As Robert Glazer says, “People are willing to help those who have the courage to ask for it.”

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7/1/26

How To Overcome Burnout: 5 Secrets From Philosophy

Eric Barker

High-achieving leaders will recognize themselves throughout this thoughtful article on preventing and recovering from burnout. While each point in the article offers wisdom, the first point is the one that global leaders struggle with most frequently. Ambition and consciousness, the two strengths that allowed them to become high achievers, are now running the show and not allowing them to rest. Learning to let go of that constant need to be productive is often the biggest breakthrough in preventing and overcoming burnout. 

Have a question about burnout? Burnout FAQ's for Senior Leaders has answers!

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05/4/26

Stop creating meaningless work. Start having hard conversations.

by Danny Kenny

It can be challenging for senior leaders to fully understand the impact of their decisions on the people in their organization. Decisions without context can create uncertainty and can shift employees from a successful, productive mindset to survival mode.  In survival mode, your employees' brains shift from logical to emotional, and performance suffers.   Clear communication about the "why" behind it reduces uncertainty and keeps your employees logical and productive.

Are you facing a leadership challenge?

If one of these articles hit close to home, especially the ones on burnout or hard conversations, that's often where coaching starts. Book a complimentary Leadership Impact Call to talk through what you're navigating.