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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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Leadership
Find me on LinkedIn: How Twitter’s upheaval and a looming recession could prove fruitful for the professional network
By Lila MacLellanNovember 29, 2022
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Newsletters
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says most people aren’t as open-minded as they think, which leads to poor decision-making
By Lila MacLellanNovember 18, 2022
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Leadership
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya once advised Sam Bankman-Fried to form a board. FTX’s response? ‘Go f—k yourself’
By Lila MacLellanNovember 18, 2022
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Newsletters
Fortune 500 board members share how they’re mapping scenario plans for a recession, market volatility, and global shocks
By Lila MacLellanNovember 11, 2022
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A director at a $430 million retailer reveals how she landed a board job at a public company
By Lila MacLellanNovember 4, 2022
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Leadership
More than 90% of S&P 500 boards disclose racial representation. But the numbers have barely budged
By Lila MacLellanNovember 2, 2022
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Leadership
The pandemic killed watercooler moments. Apple, Netflix, and Uber’s watercooler company came back stronger than ever
By Lila MacLellanNovember 1, 2022
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Newsletters
Companies like Apple often invoke the spirit of their late founders—done wrong, this habit can come back to haunt them
By Lila MacLellanOctober 28, 2022
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Newsletters
If you’re a board director at two competing companies, the DOJ might soon be coming for you
By Lila MacLellanOctober 21, 2022
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Leadership
An exclusive cohort controls one-third of all Fortune 500 board seats. Here’s why that’s a problem
By Lila MacLellanOctober 19, 2022
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Newsletters
The secret to becoming a more innovative board? Kindness, says billionaire entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky
By Lila MacLellanOctober 14, 2022
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Newsletters
4 areas of expertise every company needs on its board right now
By Lila MacLellanOctober 7, 2022
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Leadership
What America’s top CEOs are worried about as they look ahead to 2023
By Lila MacLellanOctober 4, 2022
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Newsletters
The best boards go deep on 2 topics at every meeting, says former Vanguard chair: talent and strategy 
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 30, 2022
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Leadership
Exclusive: Shareholders demand Starbucks get serious about its CEO succession planning
By Lila MacLellanSeptember 30, 2022
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