The Question I Think Leaders Should Ask and Mostly Don’t
A Question That Rarely Gets Asked Out Loud Most leaders ask good questions about growth. How do we win the next account. How do we hit the number this quarter. How do we expand into a market we have not touched yet. Those are fair questions. But there is one I think matters more, and […]
What I Got Wrong About Delegation, and What I Do Differently Now
The Habit I Thought Was Diligence If you are running a growing business, there is a good chance you are still reviewing work that should never land on your desk. I know this because I did it for years. I called it diligence. It was really a lack of trust, dressed up as care. When […]
What Is Changing In How Creative Businesses Are Led, And What I Am Doing About It
The Old Model Is Running Out Of Road For most of my career, a creative or advisory business was built around one thing: a handful of talented people who could win a room and keep a client happy for a decade. That model still works in pockets. But it is not what clients are asking […]
A Question I Get Asked Constantly About Leading Across Cultures
The Question Almost every founder or new CEO asks me some version of the same thing: how do you know when to push and when to hold back with a leadership team that spans several countries? It usually comes up after a bad meeting. Someone gave direct feedback in a way that landed fine in […]