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## Segment 2 — tail2

## Article 121 — a121

# Samantha Allison

**Profile.** Coauthor of [[entity-the-5x-ceo]], cofounder of [[entity-advantageceo]], and a board advisor / executive coach to private equity-backed CEOs. Former senior executive at **GE**.

**Role in this source.** Co-author of the HBR article and co-leader of the underlying two-year, 75+-interview research program that produced the [[framework-5x-ceo-disciplines]] and the [[concept-system-of-enforcement]] thesis.

**Attributed contributions in this vault** (as one of the three authors): the thesis claim [[claim-leadership-as-architecture]], the failure-rate framing [[claim-pe-ceo-failure-rate]], the cohort finding [[claim-super-performer-moic]], the talent-risk claim [[claim-talent-as-financial-risk]], the focus claim [[claim-focus-is-discipline]], the culture claim [[claim-culture-is-tolerated]], and the author quotes [[quote-culture-is-tolerated]] and [[quote-system-of-enforcement]].

**entityType:** person. **Enrichment:** canonical reference is her LinkedIn profile or the AdvantageCEO firm bio.