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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.

Portraits of Francis deSouza, Lina Khan, and Carl Icahn.
LeadershipInside Illumina’s $8 billion deal that spurred a proxy fight with Carl Icahn and the ouster of 2 prominent Black Silicon Valley executives
By Lila MacLellanJuly 27, 2023
There were even more ESG shareholder proposals this proxy season than last year—Here’s why investor support for them tanked
NewslettersThere were even more ESG shareholder proposals this proxy season than last year—Here’s why investor support for them tanked
By Lila MacLellanJuly 25, 2023
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LeadershipFight, flight, freeze, follow, or ‘f*** it’: How stressed employees can make or break company strategy
By Lila MacLellanJuly 20, 2023
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NewslettersCompanies still see LGBTQ+ board representation as ‘frivolous,’ according to a corporate advocate
By Lila MacLellanJuly 18, 2023
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NewslettersBoards share their key concern as A.I. race heats up: How do we keep ourselves out of trouble?
By Lila MacLellanJuly 11, 2023
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NewslettersThere are worrisome implications when executives sit on several boards at once
By Lila MacLellanJune 27, 2023
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NewslettersThe most important board member you’ve never heard of is coming to a big screen near you
By Lila MacLellanJune 20, 2023
Patricia Roberts Harris, the first Black woman to hold a US cabinet seat and first Black woman to join a Fortune 500 board
LeadershipMeet the little-known first Black woman to sit on a Fortune 500 corporate board
By Lila MacLellanJune 19, 2023
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NewslettersCEOs and CFOs disagree on how effective their boards are. Here’s where directors are missing the mark
By Lila MacLellanJune 13, 2023
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Newsletters10 must-have qualities every board member should cultivate
By Lila MacLellanJune 2, 2023
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NewslettersBoycotts from the right, activism from the left: Boards need guidance through the culture wars
By Lila MacLellanMay 26, 2023
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NewslettersWomen on boards make companies more valuable during a takeover
By Lila MacLellanMay 19, 2023
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NewslettersHere’s what differentiates the top 25 corporate boards from their counterparts
By Lila MacLellanMay 12, 2023
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LeadershipThese 25 companies have the most ‘modern’ boards. Here’s what that means
By Lila MacLellanMay 10, 2023
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NewslettersPowerful executives are often fired after a scandal to please investors. It can backfire
By Lila MacLellanMay 5, 2023
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