Leadership

Companies are no longer including Diversity Goals in their Annual Reports
In recent years, the corporate world has seen a significant shift in how diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives are reported in annual reports....

Corporate Leaders Establish Boundaries on Workplace Activism
In the contemporary workplace, a new dynamic is unfolding as employees increasingly bring their social and political beliefs into the office. This shift...

Strategies for Conducting Productive and Engaging Team Meetings
Meetings are pivotal for team collaboration, yet often they devolve into counterproductive sessions where participants wander off-topic, arriving unprepared and leaving with a...

What a portfolio career leader really does
There’s a version of portfolio work that looks shiny from the outside. A founder-turned-investor advising five startups. A former COO taking fractional roles...
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How to make hard decisions as a founder when every option feels wrong
We had three months of runway left. The bridge round fell through. And the only offers on the table came with terms that...

The quiet power of a great turnaround leader
We like to celebrate the leader who turns it around—the one who shows up mid-crash, calls the bluff, rights the ship, and walks...

AI is reshaping work—but not always fairly. Here’s what to watch
Everyone’s talking about how AI will replace jobs. But that’s not the real story—not yet. What’s already happening is quieter, subtler, and in...

Why flexibility in leadership management matters most
If stepping away for two days causes your team to stall, what you’ve built isn’t a team—it’s a dependency loop. Too many early-stage...

Why mentors make the strongest leaders
We talk a lot about what makes a great founder: Vision. Grit. Strategic thinking. The ability to pitch and pivot. But here’s what...

How to handle working under a controlling manager
It started with a calendar invite labeled “Quick Sync.” It was never quick. Or a sync. It was a download session—where we listened,...

Why outdated performance reviews are driving top talent away
While startups revamp product features monthly and customer success teams iterate weekly, many HR departments are still anchored to annual performance reviews. The...

How to stop being the bottleneck in your startup team
Startups don’t collapse because the founder doesn’t care. They collapse because the founder cares too much—about the wrong things, for too long. It...

Why your best people leave—and how to win them back with smarter deals
I still remember the Slack message. “Can we talk?” Four words that every founder dreads when they come from your strongest team member....
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