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The Key To Scaling a Company is CEO Critical Self Awareness

You Are the Bottleneck: Why Critical Self-Awareness Is the CEO’s Most Underrated Performance Tool

Apr 22, 2025

Executive Summary: Most founders obsess over fixing their team — better hires, tighter meetings, clearer KPIs — but ignore the biggest leverage point: themselves. This piece makes ...

Get rid of the elephant in the room with The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Scaling Up

About Your Elephant in the Room: Why Teams Fear Real Conversations

Mar 19, 2025

"Why was this not brought to my attention sooner?" Recently a Client I have contact with once every year or two called me and said, "Chris, I believe I have a problem..." He then ...

Gapology - mind the gaps in your business model

Gapology: The Missing Link for Scaling Companies

Mar 15, 2025

Scaling a company is not just about increasing revenue, adding employees, or expanding into new markets. It is about eliminating the barriers that slow growth, erode efficiency, ...

Stop fooling yourself - build and scale a team that wins

Scaling Up

Hire, Develop, and Scale Like You Mean It

Mar 13, 2025

Stop Fooling Yourself If you expect to scale your business model, nothing and I mean NOTHING matters more than having a mission, vision, values (purpose) coupled with the right ...

Scaling Up

Are You Lucky or Are You Good?

Mar 11, 2025

Luck Is Not a Strategy Success in business is often attributed to a combination of skill, strategy, and timing. However, there is an uncomfortable question that every founder and ...

High-performing teams row with discipline

Scaling Up

Team Effectiveness

Is Your Leadership Team Stuck in Agreement Mode?

Feb 4, 2025

The Fine Line Between Consensus and Productive Ideological Conflict The fine line between consensus and productive ideological conflict is a critical area for leaders to ...

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You Are the Bottleneck: Why Critical Self-Awareness Is the CEO’s Most Underrated Performance Tool

About Your Elephant in the Room: Why Teams Fear Real Conversations

Gapology: The Missing Link for Scaling Companies

Hire, Develop, and Scale Like You Mean It

Are You Lucky or Are You Good?

The Secret to Building High-Performing Teams.

More Flow, Less Friction: Scaling with the Right People in the Right Roles

Understanding Founder Mode As An Employee: How to Thrive in a Founder-Led Startup

Is Your Leadership Team Stuck in Agreement Mode?