leadership - Matt Munson

imposter syndrome

The mythical CEO

There is no perfect in leadership. Why then is it so damn hard to accept our own imperfections?

founder psychology

Why leaders must own their sense of worth.

To avoid burnout and scale as leaders, we must take back the judgment of our own worth

management

The magic your meetings are missing

Leverage the power of check-ins to level-up meetings and bring your team closer

board management

How to build a great startup board (hint: your board is not your boss)

How to turn your board into your greatest ally, get more support, feel less alone, and do your damn job.

habits

A powerful morning practice for imperfect leaders

In 2014, I was facing the loss of a child, a messy divorce, and single-parenthood while leading a fast-growing company. This is the morning routine that helped get me through. It has served me to this day.

ceos

Why CEOs should work 40-hour weeks

If the data is correct, you are not doing yourself any favors by grinding it out after 5 o'clock.

productivity

Distraction is Killing Your Business (and stealing your joy)

Startup folk are renowned for geeking out on productivity hacks and innovating on the future of work. But most miss the easiest gain of all.

leadership

Founders and Leaders: feeling alone? You aren’t.

It it common in a time like this for leaders to feel uniquely alone in their situations. Fear, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome can come up big in times of crises. You aren’t alone.

ceos

The Weightiness Every Leader Knows

You aren't alone. One of the defining experiences of being a startup founder was the heaviness I carried at every waking hour. And I see and hear it in every other founder I speak with.

entrepreneurship

Get More Done and Enjoy Happier Weekends

Your day driven by fires and your weekends overrun by rumination on work? Here’s a weekly ritual that might help.

ceos

$17M raised, and I was fried.

I realized in October of 2016 that I was burned out and wanted a path out of the CEO role. Here’s my own story and the secret internal dialogue I’m hearing as a coach to other founders.

leadership

The Away Debacle: Is Judgment the Answer?

While the leaders are culpable, might our mob mentality reaction be inhibiting us from changing the systemic issues that encourage this kind of behavior?

startups

How to find great advisors for your startup (and avoid the shit ones)

The advisory relationship is one of the most helpful and misunderstood relationships in the startup world. Here’s my personal take on how to get the best out of an advisory relationship from either side.

startups

Why I Might Never Start Another Company

As I’ve begun to look into the abyss of what might be next, I am realizing there is no way to find my way to a real answer of the work that is mine to do without casting off this identity and these assumptions.

leadership

The Hardest and Most Important Change You Can Make as a CEO

Tears rolled down my face. I walked down Sandhill Road next to the famous venture capitalist who only days earlier had handed me a generous term sheet. Now, I was telling her my life was falling apart and explaining why she’d likely want to pull the term sheet and work with someone else.