Who coaches the coach

The executive sits across from me, frustrated. Revenue plateaued. Team morale dropped. Market share slipping. “I’ve tried everything,” he insists. Everything except the one thing that matters most: looking in the mirror. We all have blind spots. The...

Growth demands new thinking

Growth changes everything. Your old playbook stops working. Your team hits walls they’ve never seen. You have choices. Learn fast, hire smart, or get coached. But choosing nothing isn’t a choice. The resistance reveals more than the situation. Are you...

Let go

Leaders who micromanage strangle potential. They create dependency, not strength. The paradox: loosening your grip creates stronger teams. When you step back, something magical happens. People step up. They solve problems you didn’t see. They find answers you...

Transfer the weight

Delegation isn’t task distribution. It’s trust distribution. When leaders delegate but retain the mental load — tracking progress, anticipating problems, carrying the weight of success — they aren’t freeing themselves or empowering their teams. They’re simply shifting...

Who’s in that seat?

Ask a leadership team which roles they’d hesitate to refill if someone quit tomorrow—and the room often goes quiet. Not because they don’t know. But saying it out loud means confronting a harsh truth: someone on the team isn’t essential. And that’s not just their...