Most organizational breakdowns don’t start with crises.

They start with patterns leaders sense, but don’t yet have language for.

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The Purple Elephant Newsletter is a private newsletter for leaders who want clarity about the unspoken dynamics shaping leadership, culture, and performance before those dynamics turn into turnover, conflict, or reputational risk.

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This is not a marketing email.
It’s a thinking space.

 

What You’ll Receive

Each issue explores the real patterns shaping organizations under pressure, including:

• Leadership behavior under stress and how it impacts teams

• Attachment patterns showing up in employee relations and culture

• Why burnout, disengagement, and conflict repeat even after “fixes”

• How silence, avoidance, and over-functioning become systemic risk

• What it actually means to name the Purple Elephant in real time

 

You’ll get language, insight, and perspective you can use, whether you’re leading a boardroom, a district, or an executive team.

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Who This Is For

The Elephant Memo is for:

• CEOs and executive leaders

• Boards and governance teams

• HR and People leaders

• Education administrators

• Leaders responsible for people, performance, and risk

 

If you’re responsible for outcomes — not optics — this will resonate.

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​Why Subscribe

• Because waiting until something breaks is expensive.

• Because leadership requires clarity, not just good intentions.

• Because naming the real issue early changes everything.