Conscious leadership for founders: 10 ways to lead as your business grows
As your business grows, the habits that helped you get it started can begin to get in the way. Being involved in every decision keeps you close to the detail, but can leave your team waiting for permission. Moving quickly helps you make progress, but can mean changing direction before people understand the last decision. Taking responsibility for everything can become exhausting. Conscious leadership starts with noticing those patterns. It means paying attention to how you th
Five priorities for startup CEOs as the business grows
I first wrote about this subject after hearing Russell Buckley speak at a conference in 2016. His talk prompted me to think about where a startup CEO should put their attention. Returning to the article now, I would frame the priorities differently. The five below reflect my own perspective, informed by building businesses and working with founders. A CEO can be involved in almost everything, particularly early on. But involvement is not the same as making a useful contributi