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# Sapna Sadarangani Werner

**Profile.** Leadership advisor at [[entity-ghsmart-d122]] (principal/partner), advising investment firms and corporations on executive transitions and PE value creation. Co-author of "Leading After the Founder" (HBR, January 2026).

**Role in this source.** Co-author. The article is jointly authored and does not separate individual contributions.

**Attributed contributions (collective).** Shares authorship of the role-design taxonomy in [[framework-founder-role-archetypes]], the chairperson-mismatch caution in [[claim-chair-role-mismatch]], the gradual-succession logic in [[concept-leadership-stabilization-strategy]], and the transition-communication guidance in [[action-intentional-language]].