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Chapter 03 Vol. 15, Autumn 2026
We write when the same question arrives from three clients in one month. Teasers are public; full essays go to clients and subscribers in the portal.
Lead essay
Long read
Most of the legal risk in a reduction in force is fixed in the spreadsheet, two weeks before anyone is told. A walk through the selection file we ask every client to build.
By Margit Halvorsen. 11 min read.
Full essays are in the client portal. Client portal
Field notes
Twenty-three clients published ranges for the first time. The ranges were rarely the problem; the job titles were.
Priya Raman-Stowe8 min read
Memo
Five habits that make an internal investigation readable by a board, and defensible in front of anyone else.
Ezra Kettleby6 min read
Memo
We priced it against the non-compete it replaces across nine recent exits. The arithmetic surprised two of our clients' boards.
Colm Ferreira7 min read
Long read
On writing policies for the person who will quote them back to you, and why shorter policies usually win.
Harriet Voss9 min read
Field notes
Registration, payroll tax, leave and postings: the checklist we send before the offer goes out, not after.
Annelise Okonjo6 min read
Long read
Who instructs the investigator, who sees the report, and how a board keeps its independence when the subject owns a third of the company.
Ezra Kettleby12 min read
Letters
A reader asks whether a 90-day probation protects her company. Our short answer, and the longer one.
Margit Halvorsen4 min read
Full essays are in the client portal.
Client portal