
Conduct the Room - How Brilliant People Become a High-Performing Organization is a unique operating playbook for organizations where the talent is the product - written by an Orchestra Conductor turned CEO. Drawing from a career as an executive within a $2.9B advisory enterprise, an $80M professional services firm, two American symphonies, and seven organizational turnarounds across professional services, advisory, entertainment, hospitality, education, defense, and the arts, I reveal how the leaders of expert-driven organizations turn brilliant people into high-performing ones. Blending boardroom strategy with lessons from the conductor’s podium, the book offers a powerful new framework for leadership, culture, communication, accountability, and execution in today’s fast-moving, complex organizations.