Peace Is a Posture, Not a Destination

Peace Is a Posture, Not a Destination

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. You Don’t Have to Wait for Peace A lot of driven people quietly believe peace is waiting for them on the other side of the next milestone. It usually isn’t, and that turns out to be good...
From AI Strategy to AI Advantage

From AI Strategy to AI Advantage

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. Ask a Better Question Almost every board conversation right now includes some version of “what’s our AI strategy?” It’s the wrong question, and it quietly sends teams chasing...
Clarity Comes From Distance

Clarity Comes From Distance

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. You See It More Clearly From a Step Back Ask leaders who stepped back from the seat what surprised them most, and a lot of them say the same thing: they could suddenly see the business, and their own...
Build the Team That Doesn’t Wait for You

Build the Team That Doesn’t Wait for You

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. Stop Being the Tiebreaker There’s a quiet sign that a leadership team has come to depend on you too much: every real decision finds its way back to your desk. Two leaders disagree, and instead...
Let Them Fly

Let Them Fly

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. Stop Trying to Make Them You There’s a story worth sitting with. What happens to a butterfly when you put it in a box and close the lid? It suffocates. The people closest to us are the ones we...