Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I sat at our kitchen table looking at two kids — ten

Bill Gallagher

May 31, 2026

Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

My 10 Favorite Interview Questions

Many employers resort to the interview process to make a decision about a candidate. This is problematic because unstructured interviews

Chip Conley

May 28, 2026

My 10 Favorite Interview Questions

From Success to Succession

The first was at 47, during a near-death experience that cracked open my sense of time and identity. The second

Chip Conley

May 6, 2026

From Success to Succession

What My Body Has Been Trying to Teach Me About Leadership

It took dying nine times in ninety minutes to make me reconsider that relationship. In my late forties, everything was

Chip Conley

March 10, 2026

What My Body Has Been Trying to Teach Me About Leadership

Powerphilia: When the Love of Power Becomes a Pathology

Amidst last week’s cancer anxiety dance, I tried to take my mind off of it by reading the newly-released Epstein

Chip Conley

February 10, 2026

Powerphilia: When the Love of Power Becomes a Pathology

My First Mentee, Gavin Newsom

When we first crossed paths in the mid-1990s, he was 28 and I was 35—both of us ambitious, caffeinated, and

Chip Conley

January 20, 2026

My First Mentee, Gavin Newsom

The Value of Loyalty in Business and Life

I’ve decided to reprint it here because he and his whole family (wife, four adult kids and a grandchild) came

Chip Conley

November 5, 2025

The Value of Loyalty in Business and Life

In Times of Change, Hire for Durable, Not Perishable, Skills

But what if we stopped hiring for the resume and started hiring for resilience and adaptability? Resilience buys you time

Chip Conley

August 15, 2025

In Times of Change, Hire for Durable, Not Perishable, Skills

My Love Affair with 4 Quadrants

With just two axes and a Sharpie, I can transform anything—from my weekend plans to my spiritual angst—into a clean

Chip Conley

July 25, 2025

My Love Affair with 4 Quadrants

The Truth About Elite Leadership

For 15 years, I had a front-row seat to leadership at the highest level. I worked side-by-side with Jeff Bezos

Ann Hiatt

July 12, 2025

The Truth About Elite Leadership

A Call to Action: Memory and Resistance

I admire Jerry’s courage in publishing this Call to Action and look forward to co-leading a workshop with him in

Jerry Colonna

April 12, 2025

A Call to Action: Memory and Resistance

Dear Leaders, People Don’t Want Equality. They Want Fairness.

We haven’t seen this kind of U.S. economic inequality in the past 100 years. Since 1979, the top 1% of

Chip Conley

March 17, 2025

Dear Leaders, People Don’t Want Equality. They Want Fairness.