Calendar management for founders typically follows the same advice: optimize your calendar, block time strategically, colour-code your meetings, and protect your focus time. The implicit message? A well-managed calendar is a full calendar, every hour accounted for, every day perfectly orchestrated. Scroll through any productivity guru’s advice, and you’ll see this same pattern repeatedly whenever…
“We’re looking for someone who’s a good culture fit.” This phrase appears in virtually every job posting, gets mentioned in every interview debrief, and justifies countless hiring decisions. It sounds reasonable, of course, you want people who fit your culture. But understanding culture fit vs culture add distinction changes everything. This seemingly innocent criterion has…
Remember when “going to work” meant physically commuting to an office, sitting at an assigned desk, and being productive between 9 AM and 5 PM in your local time zone? For most of human professional history, work was inseparable from a physical location and a synchronized schedule. Then 2020 forced a massive global experiment in…
How to onboard, train, and build real momentum with your Executive Assistant. Hiring an Executive Assistant isn’t the end of your workload. It’s the beginning of your leverage. But only if you set things up right. The first 90 days are everything. Done well, they build trust, rhythm, and results. And done poorly, they lead…
There’s a moment in every founder’s journey when the urgency outweighs the clarity. The days are full of calls, follow-ups, and fires to put out. But strangely… you’re stuck. The pressure is constant. And the progress is… Intermittent. You’re moving, but not moving forward. This is where many founders pause. And where some choose to…
