About

Doug Lewis, Founder of LiveEdge Leadership

ABOUT DOUG

I've been where you are. That's why I do this work.

I spent more than 25 years leading inside some of the most complex organizations in the world, including Microsoft and Providence. I led through massive change, built teams and organizations from the ground up, and worked across industries, cultures, and geographies.

Along the way I invested deeply in understanding leadership, completing two master's degrees, formal coaching training, and years of work with coaches and mentors who challenged how I thought and led.

But the thing I'm most proud of isn't the scale of the work. It's that through all of it, I stayed human. I cared about the people I led. I wanted the work to matter. I wanted to build environments where people could do great work and feel good about it.

That's still what I care about. And it's what I try to help other leaders find for themselves.

EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND

What I bring to this work.

My background spans finance, technology, and healthcare. I held senior leadership roles at Microsoft for more than two decades and served as a Group Vice President at Providence. I've built organizations from scratch, led global teams, and worked through the kind of complexity that doesn't come with a playbook.

I hold two master's degrees, one in Leadership and Organizational Change from Case Western Reserve University and one in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris. I'm also a certified leadership coach, trained at Georgetown University.

What shaped me most wasn't the degrees or the titles. It was doing the work, making mistakes, learning from people I respected, and figuring out over time what actually helps leaders and teams thrive

WHAT I BELIEVE

I believe leadership is a responsibility.

I believe people deserve dignity and respect regardless of title, position, or performance.

I believe great work and human flourishing are compatible.

I believe leaders make better decisions when they take time to understand the situation, the people involved, the surrounding dynamics, and their own role in what is happening.

Most of all, I believe leadership is a choice. Every day, in every situation, you get to decide who you want to be and how you want to show up.

ABOUT LIVE EDGE LEADERSHIP

The metaphor at the heart of LiveEdge Leadership.

A tree only grows at its outermost edge, the live edge, where it expands fuller, taller, and stronger within its environment. But a tree can only do this if its core is stable and well rooted. When a tree is under stress, it stops growing outward and focuses all its energy on maintaining its core.

Leaders work the same way. Growth means becoming more capable, more confident, and more effective in the role you're already in. But that only happens when you feel anchored in who you are and what you stand for. When leaders feel unstable, they stop pushing into new territory and spend their energy protecting what they already have.

That's what we do at Live Edge Leadership. We help you grow in the ways that matter to you, grounded in a stable core that makes your growth possible.

Cross-section of a log showing growth rings