Articles – Human at Scale

Delegate more decisions

Let’s talk about decision-making. You shared with me a painpoint: “My team isn’t making decisions as autonomously as I like.” If that’s you, keep reading. I’ve covered some of this in a previous article, primary sharing frameworks and perspective on tackling the increased volume and complexity of decisions within growing organizations. And if you’re looking...

Jan 17, 2024 13 MIN READ

The path to get out of the weeds

Read this if you wish to reclaim your time and empower your people to execute more. Consider this the ultimate guide to getting out of the weeds. At the beginning of my coaching career, I set out to devise a system that: The incubation for this method began when I served as a startup COO....

Jan 4, 2024 22 MIN READ

Why metrics matter

You’ve probably heard this 1,000 times by now. All sorts of authors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders out there talk about the value of measuring. Using language like “measure what matters” and “what gets measured gets managed.” You may even notice some “anti-goal setting” sentiments out there too. Indeed, there are unintended consequences of goals and...

Dec 20, 2023 15 MIN READ

The Conscious Conversation Framework: How to Get Buy-in From Your Team

Learn a framework designed to help you facilitate conversation with your team, elicit the best ideas, and make a decision to move forward collectively, with buy-in and trust at the center.

Jul 17, 2023 0 MIN READ

Team leadership gives a high ROI on time

You know the saying, “It takes money to make money”? Well, the same thing applies to “time.” When you start looking at your time as an investable asset, you realize that many of the activities you’re doing on a day-to-day basis are giving a meager return on investment. How do you know it is a...

Jul 7, 2023 12 MIN READ

How to get buy-in from your team

A frequent challenge of entrepreneurial leaders is earning buy-in and a sense of ownership toward business outcomes. As a leader, you may believe that you must set strategy or make decisions alone, thus left to convince others of your viewpoints. This tends to occur especially with team leaders and founders who are high achievers. It’s...

Jun 30, 2023 12 MIN READ

How much time should you spend in the weeds?

What is the right balance is between acting as an individual contributor and acting as a strategic leader? Here’s a refresher on the two with example activities. I get this question frequently and here’s what I noticed. Shifting from high amounts of individual contributor time to strategic leadership requires you to shift your mindset around...

Jun 23, 2023 13 MIN READ

Six weeks to 30% MRR growth

There’s a correlation between a founder’s use of time and the performance of their business. The hypothesis: founders that use their time strategically (instead of as an individual contributor), experience higher revenue growth, increased employee engagement, higher team output, and generally greater team performance. Here’s an example of how this works. In the past, I...

Jun 16, 2023 13 MIN READ

Tactics intersecting awareness and productivity pt. 2

Previously, I shared the first of six strategies that have personally helped me (and the leaders I work with) be more focused, motivated, and productive without burning out or getting overwhelmed. As a refresher, those first three strategies included… Now that you’re aware of when you do your best work and how to structure your...

Jun 9, 2023 13 MIN READ

Tactics intersecting awareness and productivity pt. 1

Do you ever fall into the trap of blocking time on your calendar, only to completely ignore what you planned to do because you got pinged on Slack, another email came in, or someone knocked on your office door? This is a common pitfall many leaders fall into. You blocked your time to be present...

Jun 2, 2023 14 MIN READ