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This is a regular letter written for leaders trying to lead well in a moment that is louder, faster, and more demanding than any other in modern memory.

The premise: a lot of what’s been written for executives in the last ten years was built for the wrong company. The frameworks come from Fortune 500 case studies. The playbooks come from Silicon Valley. The conference advice comes from people who have no idea what it’s like to operate inside a 600-person manufacturer where the COO also runs payroll and the head of HR is also the head of legal.

This notebook is written for you and the conference rooms you are actually in.

Who it is for

Leaders who got promoted on talent and now have to figure out the rest.

Mid-market operators. C-suite at companies with somewhere between 250 and 2,500 employees. Senior HR and people leaders who carry culture without carrying the P&L. CEOs and COOs running organizations large enough to have real complexity, small enough that their leadership teams are stretched thin.

If you have ever read a leadership article and thought, “This was written for someone with three times my budget and half my problems,” this is for you.

What you get

One letter, every Tuesday morning. Same architecture every issue: a tension worth naming, a frame for thinking about it, one thing to sit with before the next meeting.

No round-ups. No five-bullet listicles. One argument, signed, on time.

Short by design. Built to read on a phone between meetings.

Who writes it

Aaron Lee. Author of The New Generation Leader and co-author of Rising. Host of The New Generation Leader podcast. ACC-certified coach. CEO of Leaders Rising Network.

Aaron is a graduate of the University of Richmond and holds a Master of Divinity. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife and two daughters.

Beyond the letter

Books are published at newgeneration.media.

Speaking inquiries: see the Speaking page.

The leadership consultancy: Aaron operates as CEO of Leaders Rising Network.

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