Most CEOs I know are too busy. This is actually a common reason for them to seek coaching in the first place. They can no longer keep up and are losing effectiveness as CEO. I was speaking with a CEO […]

What are you best at? What do you love to do more than anything else? What work, when you get to do it, doesn’t feel like work? I find myself asking CEOs questions like this a lot. CEOs come in […]

This might seem like a strange question to ask a hard-charging CEO of a high growth company. Perhaps…. But l recently found myself asking this of a few clients as we set goals for the coming year. Startup success is […]

My last operating gig was as CFO at FreshBooks. One of the keys to their success is their obsession with the customer. When l was there (this may still be the case), every employee spent their first month in customer […]

It’s no secret that startups are roller coasters. The highs are definitely high. The lows are most definitely low. I often joke that startups are like sausages: they taste good, You just don’t want to know how they are made. […]

I’m back in action today after almost three weeks off. I come back renewed, feeling more creative, full of ideas and ready to serve my clients fully. This experience has me thinking about the importance of rest and relaxation for […]