The 4 Things You Need To Focus On As A FounderWhen you are running a startup, it seems that you can work all the hours of the day, and even that doesn’t feel like enough. Doing tasks...
The Main Difference Between Feedback and Criticism That Can Either Make You An *sshole Or A Great Le‘Can I give you some feedback?’ - is the question that makes us want to run away, or in the virtual world, to pretend that we have just...
How You Might Be Screwing Up Your 1:1 MeetingsHaving effective 1:1s is probably one of the most underrated things in a manager’s toolkit and as such, one of the first discussions I...
The 5 Reason Why Leaders Might Struggle With Accountability In Their Team People’s capacity to achieve is determined by their leader’s ability to empower. John C. Maxwell One of the biggest challenges I hear...
What Does A Chief Of Staff Actually Do? A Quick Guide For ExecsI get this question often from founders, especially in Europe where the role is less known compared to the US and Silicon Valley in...
How to pick your right-hand person'?If I asked you, who was Batman’s right-hand person, what would you say? If you said Alfred, you got it, so you can stop reading. :)...
Do You Need A Chief Of Staff Or a Founder’s Associate Will Do? And first of all, what is the difference between the two? In short, think of your Chief of Staff as your right-hand guy or gal, a...
One of the loneliest jobs, isn't it? “Being a CEO is a lonely job.” Well… let me tell you about being a Chief of Staff. 🙂 Most often people don’t quite understand what...
Getting to a zero inbox and keeping it that way Whether we like it or not, email is a key part of how we share information, stay in touch, follow up, coordinate work, and so on. There...
Why ToDo lists simply don’t work Ok, this is not entirely true. Do you want to create the illusion of making progress? Do you want to keep yourself busy? Pad yourself on...
The 3 things to do in analysis paralysisWriting this post is somewhat difficult for me. I feel conflicted. On the one hand, I am definitely someone who has a tendency for...
The Pareto Principle in action a.k.a. how to 80/20 your lifeThe Pareto Principle is one of those oldie but goodie theories that we have all heard of and understand at a high level. It is comforting...