The end of the year brings a familiar shift for most CEOs. Decisions pause. The inbox calms. Teams begin to unplug. The meetings slow down (or cease). Whether you run a small team or a company with hundreds of employees, December has a rhythm unlike any other month… a mix...
Fast-growing companies often feel like they’re stuck in permanent reaction mode. Teams are busy, the CEO is overwhelmed, and everyone is doing their best… yet progress feels slower than it should. It’s not because people aren’t capable. It’s because the business is running on chaos...
Growth gets the spotlight. Profitability keeps the lights on. And yet, most CEOs will tell you: Hitting revenue milestones is far easier than maintaining healthy margins while you scale. It’s not because CEOs don’t understand profitability. It’s because growth has a way of masking what’s really...
The first 10 people you hired helped you get the business off the ground. They were scrappy, adaptable, gritty, and willing to do whatever the moment required. Titles didn’t matter. Job descriptions were blurry. Everyone wore five hats and figured things out as they went. But...
Most CEOs think burnout shows up as fatigue, disengagement, or a drop in morale. But, burnout doesn’t just hurt people. It quietly erodes the business. That’s because burnout is rarely a single problem. It compounds. It spreads. And, when it hits a scaling company, it becomes...
Every company has a revenue target. It’s the number every CEO can recite on demand—the one tracked in board decks, celebrated in all-hands, and used to shape strategic plans. But, far fewer CEOs forecast their leadership needs with the same discipline they bring to forecasting their...
On the surface, a company can look healthy and thriving. Revenue is climbing. Sales updates sound impressive. Investor decks sparkle. But underneath? The business is quietly bleeding cash. This is the cash flow illusion—when top-line growth hides financial fragility. It’s more common than most CEOs realize, and...
Imagine cutting 80% of your processes tomorrow. Would your business collapse—or run better? For many companies, the surprising answer is that things might actually improve. That’s because when it comes to scaling, not all processes are created equal. In fact, the Pareto principle applies: 20% of...
Most CEOs don’t get blindsided because they’re careless. They get blindsided because they didn’t prepare for what could happen. Markets shift. Customers churn. Growth surges faster than expected. Any one of these can turn a solid strategy upside down if you haven’t thought through the “what...
When a company begins to grow, leaders often scramble to put processes in place. On the surface, this looks like progress. After all, systems mean structure… right? But, here’s the catch: a half-built process can be worse than no process at all. The Illusion of Structure At first...