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Every CEO hesitates when they know a person is no longer right for the role. The hesitation feels harmless. It feels empathetic. It feels easier than confronting the truth. Adam Lieb, CEO of Gamesight, has lived through this more than once, and his conclusion is blunt: waiting always hurts the company more than acting. He … Read more

Most CEOs obsess over speed. Faster hiring. Faster revenue. Faster product releases. Christophe Zoghbi warns that this obsession is exactly what kills companies. Growth is not a race. Growth is a structure and if the structure can’t support the weight you’re throwing on it, it collapses. Christophe is the founder and CEO of Zaka, an … Read more

Most CEOs believe burnout comes from long hours, nonstop pressure, and the sheer weight of responsibility. Kiran Mann says that thinking is wrong. Burnout has nothing to do with the clock. It happens when the body sends a clear message to stop, and the CEO keeps going anyway. Kiran is the CEO of Brar’s, one … Read more

Most CEOs try to scale by working harder, hiring faster, or pushing new initiatives into the market. Dr. Philippe Bouissou argues they’re solving the wrong problem. Growth doesn’t happen because you add more. It happens because the business finally lines up with the market in a precise, measurable way. Philippe isn’t theorizing from the sidelines. … Read more

Most CEOs start their leadership journey believing they have to carry everything. They push, pull and drag the organization forward through sheer force. It works for a while until the company grows, the demands multiply and that heroic model collapses under its own weight. Dr. Karla Johnson learned this lesson the hard way over a … Read more

Every founder convinces themselves they’re being reasonable. Then they try to build something great and realize reason alone won’t get them there. The CEOs who scale aren’t just strategic. They’re slightly unreasonable, wildly optimistic, and willing to break their own assumptions in order to create something bigger than themselves. My guest on The Scaling CEO, … Read more

Most CEOs don’t lose because their ideas are weak. They lose because those ideas never survive the documents meant to carry them. PDFs, PowerPoints, and static assets smother good thinking before it ever reaches the people who need to act on it. My guest on The Scaling CEO, Alex Shevelenko, has dedicated his career to … Read more

Every founder begins their company the same way, with hands-on everything, scrambling, hustling, doing whatever it takes to survive. The problem is simple: most CEOs never escape that mode. They keep operating like a bootstrapped founder long after the company needs a real leader. My guest on The Scaling CEO, Norberto Clemente, built a business … Read more

Some CEOs build companies to win markets. Kian Alavi built his to correct a moral imbalance. Kian is the co-founder and CEO of Mazlo, a fintech platform designed specifically for nonprofits, an industry he believes has been neglected, underestimated, and structurally underserved for decades. He spent nearly 20 years in nonprofit operations, watching brilliant leaders … Read more

When Dario Marovich took over as CEO of Eric Javits, the iconic New York luxury accessories brand, he faced the same temptation every new CEO does: change everything, all at once. It’s an understandable impulse. New leaders want to prove themselves, fix problems fast and put their stamp on the company. But as Dario learned, … Read more