ETJ Life Newsletter Volume 7

ETJ Life Newsletter Volume 7

Mar 31, 2026 | News Letter

LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY AI in the Seat: Fix the Process or Redesign It? AI is already inside your companies. Not as a strategy – as an expectation. Boards want answers. Teams are running experiments. Vendors are knocking. You’re in the middle of it. Most...
Why Leadership Requires Both Head and Heart

Why Leadership Requires Both Head and Heart

Mar 30, 2026 | Blog

By ETJ Life — helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. Why CEOs Learn to Answer Honestly Too Late At some point, most CEOs realize they have been answering a simple question incorrectly. “How are you doing?” becomes a reflex. Fine. Busy. All good. Not because...
Why Leadership Requires Both Head and Heart

When Execution Becomes the CEO’s Real Job

Mar 23, 2026 | Blog

By ETJ Life — helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. When Execution Becomes the CEO’s Real Job A few months in, you stop calling it onboarding. You know the business, the numbers, and which leaders you trust versus the ones you have to stay too close to. You...
Why Leadership Requires Both Head and Heart

Leadership When the System Stops Working

Mar 16, 2026 | Blog

By ETJ Life — helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. When Performance Slips There is a difficult moment in leadership when belief and reality drift apart. You care deeply about the mission. You see the good the organization can do. And yet, performance...
Why Leadership Requires Both Head and Heart

Leadership After the Role Loosens

Mar 9, 2026 | Blog

By ETJ Life — helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. When Experience Brings Proximity, Not Urgency There is a stage of leadership where everything becomes closer. Not just geographically, but personally. Careers overlap. Stories intersect. You realize how...