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Chapter 15 - Graham Resigns

The board offered Graham return after investigation with conditions.

He surprised everyone.

He resigned as CEO.

Not from the company entirely.

From the role.

Why?

“I spent years believing being a good leader meant trusting the people closest to me.”

Board chair Helen Marsh replied:

“Trust is not governance.”

Exactly.

Graham remained a director with reduced authority while completing governance reforms.

A professional CEO was hired.

The company survived.

Employees went to work.

Products shipped.

The world did not end because an Arden stopped running Arden Clinical Systems.

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That lesson changed Graham.

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