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For Arizona Business Leaders, Silence Is No Longer an Option on Sensitive Workforce Issues
Arizona-based CEOs and Leadership Now Arizona co-founders John Fees and Adam Goodman, alongside social change expert Catherine Alonzo, wrote in the Phoenix Business Journal about why Arizona business leaders can no longer afford to stay on the sidelines when workforce stability and community trust are at stake.
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Leadership Now Project Unveils Business Plan for America: A Roadmap for America’s Next Chapter
The Business Plan for America, a bold new policy agenda focused on delivering growth and opportunity for all Americans.
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National Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act: Oversight, Accountability, and Stability
In the wake of fatal federal actions in Minneapolis, business leaders urge Congress to defend the rule of law and democratic stability.
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Leadership Now Project Applauds Governor Sherrill’s Bold Action on Permitting Reform
Leadership Now Project welcomes Governor Sherrill’s Executive Order to streamline and expedite permitting as a meaningful step toward strengthening New Jersey’s economic competitiveness and delivering on the affordability agenda voters supported last November. Persistent permitting delays raise cost
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Greenland Threats Raise Risk for Business, Alliances
Strong nations do not need to threaten allies to secure their interests. The United States benefits from foreign policy grounded in law, alliances, and diplomacy not by undermining the very system that has kept America prosperous and secure.
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“Business Group Voices Alarm at Powell Investigation”
We urge Congress to defend Fed independence amid investigation of central bank chair.
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“Trump is rewriting the rules of the economy…is it ‘crony capitalism’?”
NPR’s Consider This featured Leadership Now Project CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares on how President Trump is reshaping U.S. capitalism—and the risks this shift poses for American businesses. In the interview, Daniella warned that the country is moving away from the rules-based capitalism that has lon
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“Debatable: Congressional Term Limits”
Leadership Now Project CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares recently spoke with Semafor’s Morgan Chalfant about Congressional retirements, term limits, and why succession planning is as essential in Congress as it is in business.
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“New York Officials to Team Up With Wall Street to Keep National Guard Out”
Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares emphasizes that keeping New York safe, funded, and open for business requires preventing unnecessary federal intervention
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“Leadership Now Project’s Survey Finds 84% of Business Leaders Worry About Political and Legal Climate’s Impact on Business”
Leadership Now’s latest business leader sentiment survey
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“This is how Trump ends democracy”
Leadership Now is cited as a key pro-democracy business voice
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“Fair maps mean a stronger Ohio economy: James Ratner and Richard Stoff”
Senior Advisor Richard Stoff and member James Ratner call for fair redistricting in Ohio as essential to both democracy and economic competitiveness
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“My Wisconsin manufacturing plant needs workers. One of our best is getting deported”
Member Sachin Shivaram argues that we need a better approach to immigration
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“My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.”
Leadership Now member explains in how President Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs, slowing demand, and forcing layoffs
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“Businesses Don’t Want Gerrymandered Election Maps Either”
Leadership Now members make the business case against gerrymandering
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“Trump Celebrates New Tariffs As Negotiations Continue With China”
Member Tom Florsheim discusses the impacts of Trump’s tariffs
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“Find peace in a time of chaos”
CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares and Founding Member Craig Robinson offer a grounding reflection on leading with clarity, purpose, and agency amid political uncertainty
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“The tariffs that were supposed to help us”
Member Sachin Shivaram, CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, shares how Trump’s tariffs are impacting American manufacturers
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“New lawsuit seeks to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional maps before 2026 midterms”
Wisconsin business leaders file a lawsuit to challenge anti-competitive congressional maps
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“Business Leaders Call Trump Attacks on Universities a Competitive Threat”
Spotlights Leadership Now’s Business Leaders Letter Defending Universities as Critical to U.S. Competitiveness
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“Business Leaders Express Alarm at Trump-Musk Drama”
CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares highlights growing business concern over the Trump-Musk feud as a sign of escalating lawlessness and uncertainty
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“The Myth of the Silent Executive”
CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares and Member Tom Florsheim highlight how business leaders, associations, and chambers are increasingly speaking out against destabilizing federal policies
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The Silent Majority? What Business Leaders Are Really Doing to Push Back
Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares joined TriplePundit’s Mary Mazzoni to discuss how political instability—driven by sweeping executive actions, erosion of the rule of law, and retaliatory governance—is affecting U.S. business competitiveness and what leaders can do in response. Watch the episode here
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“Why Leaders Cannot Avoid Talking About Tariffs”
Highlights Leadership Now’s survey and CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares on why executives must defend U.S. competitiveness and the rule of law
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“Trade War Uncertainty Prompts New Wave of Companies to Yank Forecasts”
Cites Leadership Now’s Harris Poll on senior business leaders’ concerns about U.S. competitiveness
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“Business Leaders Sound Alarm on Tariffs and Other Trump Policies”
Initial coverage of Leadership Now’s business leader Harris Poll on U.S. competitiveness
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Why does business care about democracy?
CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares joins The Contrarian to spotlight how threats to democracy are fueling uncertainty and risk for business
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“Where things stand for Trump in global tariff battle”
Member Tom Florsheim is quoted on the consumer impacts of new tariffs on China
