# Sandy Baruah: Leadership, Resilience, and Community Building

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Podcast: [Live from the Next Chapter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-from-the-next-chapter-7863992)
Published: 2026-05-20T03:29:16+00:00
Episode link: https://danloepp.substack.com/p/sandy-baruah-leadership-resilience
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## Resource

Sandy Baruah’s path to leading the Detroit Regional Chamber didn’t begin in Michigan. It began on Capitol Hill, then inside two Bush administrations, then at the U.S. Small Business Administration during one of the most consequential economic periods in American history. When he arrived in Detroit in 2010, he had real credibility. It just wasn’t his own yet. In this conversation, Dan and Sandy talk through what government service at that scale actually teaches about leadership. They discuss what it took to build influence in a new city after a career defined by the credibility of the people Sandy worked for. Sandy reflects on managing a serious health challenge quietly, while fully in the chair of a major institution, and what that chapter taught him about resilience as a practice, not a performance. And he offers two pieces of advice for leaders early in their careers: take the risks now, because life will never hand you the perfect moment; and understand there is no single path to leadership. The mosaic of experience is the point. Dan opens the episode with contributing host Michael Patrick Shiels on the discipline of listening. Jay Powell called it an underrated skill. Dan has long called it a cornerstone of leadership. This episode is built on it. Learned Insight, Shared Generously. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danloepp.substack.com

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