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Relating Under Pressure Starts at Home

January 31, 2026 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #006 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


Leadership formation doesn’t stop at the office door.

A quick word before we get too far into this week’s topic.

Today, I want to be encouraging.

I want to offer you four practices - simple, powerful, and proven - that can add real strength to both your leadership and your life at home. They aren’t complicated. But they are formative. And when practiced consistently, they have a way of quietly changing everything.

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Why Leadership Today Requires More Than Grit and Guts

January 24, 2026 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #005 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


This week I'm trying to communicate something from a different perspective...go with me for a moment while I back into my point.

The lights would dim. The heavy curtains would pull back. A touch of theater magic that doesn’t exist in the multiplexes of today.

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Why I Chose to Call This Newsletter “The Leadership Contrarian”

January 17, 2026 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #004 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


As I’ve been writing these newsletters, a few of you have replied with a thoughtful question:

“Why The Leadership Contrarian?”

It’s a fair question.

Especially in a world already crowded with leadership voices, frameworks, podcasts, and hot takes.

So today, I want to answer it clearly - and honestly.

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The 5 Core Elements of Creative Leadership

January 10, 2026 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #003 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


In the first issue of The Leadership Contrarian, I said this newsletter would be a journey, a conversation about leadership from a more holistic perspective.

Not just leadership as performance.
Not just leadership as personality.
And definitely not leadership as hustle dressed up as heroics.

But leadership as something deeper. More human. More sustainable.

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Leading through VUCA - When the World Won't Sit Still

January 3, 2026 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #002 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


As I sit down to write this second newsletter, I’m struck by a simple truth:

We are all living in a world that feels louder, faster, stranger, and more unpredictable than anything we grew up with.

If issue #001 was about grounding us in a holistic, integrated life…

Today’s issue is about why that matters now more than ever.

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A Holistic Life. A Healthy Business.

December 27, 2025 / by Michael Redman

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ISSUE #001 | THE LEADERSHIP CONTRARIAN


As I sit here writing this, I want to begin with something simple and honest:

 

This is the first time in a long time that I’ve sat down to write directly to you, personally, thoughtfully, with intention.

 

And if I’m being candid… it feels overdue.

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