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Lila MacLellan
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Lila MacLellan is a former senior writer at Fortune, where she covered topics in leadership. Before joining Fortune, she was a senior reporter covering the workplace and business trends for Quartz. She began her media career in Vancouver, Canada, as a staff editor and writer for Western Living, and later Vancouver Magazine, before jumping to Institutional Investor in New York. Her bylines have appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and Vanity Fair. Lila studied journalism at Concordia University in Montreal and spent three years teaching English in Sapporo, Japan. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School in Manhattan. You can contact Lila at lila.macLellan@fortune.com, or through LinkedIn, or on the Signal app at 646-820-9525.

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Post-pandemic corporate boards are ripping up old playbooks and updating ‘stale definitions of leadership’
By Lila MacLellanOctober 10, 2023
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4 red flags that point to a toxic board culture: ‘The signs are quick and ominous’
By Lila MacLellanOctober 3, 2023
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12 expert-approved tips for negotiating better salary and severance packages
By Lila MacLellanOctober 2, 2023
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7 expert-backed strategies to bridge the gap between boards and cyber leaders
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 26, 2023
How old is too old to lead?  
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How old is too old to lead?  
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 23, 2023
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How women and people of color can create a high-impact board résumé: ‘Now you get my attention’
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 19, 2023
13 civil rights groups just formed a coalition to defend workplaces against the ‘anti-woke’ movement: ‘We cannot sit back’
Leadership
13 civil rights groups just formed a coalition to defend workplaces against the ‘anti-woke’ movement: ‘We cannot sit back’
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 13, 2023
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Companies are turning to ‘Shadow Boards’ to keep in touch with the real world
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 12, 2023
Leaders like David Zaslav show there’s a dark side to ‘managing up’ 
Leadership
Leaders like David Zaslav show there’s a dark side to ‘managing up’ 
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 5, 2023
The average CEO ‘mega grant’ is $155 million but board explanations for the big payouts are ‘a little thin’
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The average CEO ‘mega grant’ is $155 million but board explanations for the big payouts are ‘a little thin’
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 5, 2023
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Michael Bloomberg made a radical decision to ax his entire board of directors. Was that a good idea?
By Lila MacLellanAugust 29, 2023
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Boards that recruit CEOs straight from consulting companies may regret it: ‘There is nothing about management consulting that prepares anyone to be a CEO of anything’
By Lila MacLellanAugust 22, 2023
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Employees say corporate claims of ESG progress are baloney according to a new survey, and boards had better pay attention
By Lila MacLellanAugust 15, 2023
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Here’s how much big companies are paying their board members according to the latest data
By Lila MacLellanAugust 8, 2023
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Boards have ‘a cultural distaste for confronting the CEO,’ says a Columbia Business School professor. Here’s why that’s a problem—and how they can get past it
By Lila MacLellanAugust 1, 2023
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