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How to Build a Leadership Team That Actually Works as a Team
Knowing how to build a leadership team is one of the most underrated CEO skills. Hiring experts is the easy part. Getting them to operate as a truly collaborative, high performing leadership team is where most companies struggle, and where the difference between scaling and stalling appears.
Why do we listen worst to those we love most?
The more we love someone, the harder active listening in relationships becomes. Here is why, and what you can actually do about it.
For a Leader: A Leadership Poem (John O'Donohue)
If you are experiencing in your own journey a sense that what got you here will not get you where you need to go, you are not alone.
The mythical CEO
There is no perfect in leadership. Why then is it so damn hard to accept our own imperfections?
Emotional Intelligence for Leaders: Why You Must Own Your Sense of Worth
To avoid burnout and scale as leaders, we must take back the judgment of our own worth
Meeting Check-In Questions: The Simple Practice That Transforms Team Meetings
How to run better meetings using check-ins that build psychological safety, active listening, and real focus.
How to Build a Great Startup Board of Directors (Hint: Your Board Is Not Your Boss)
A founder's guide to board member roles and responsibilities, how to choose board members, and how to turn your startup board into a high-trust team.
The CEO Morning Routine That Carried Me Through My Hardest Year
In 2014, I was facing the loss of a child, a messy divorce, and single-parenthood while leading a fast-growing startup. This CEO morning routine helped me survive that year, and it still serves me today.
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.
Distraction is Killing Your Business (and Stealing Your Joy)
Startup founders obsess over growth hacks, fundraising strategy, and product iteration. But when it comes to how to stay focused at work, most leaders miss the simplest and highest-leverage move available to them. Here is what I see in nearly every startup I work with, and what to do about it.
