By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. A Hard Quarter Is Permission to Change Every CEO eventually gets a quarter that doesn’t go the way the plan said it would. The best ones treat it as one of the most useful moments they’ll...
By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. Your Team Runs on Your Energy Every plan has the obvious inputs: the strategy, the budget, the team, the timeline. There’s one more that rarely makes the list and quietly shapes all of them, and...
By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. The Best Transitions Begin Years Before the Exit Most CEOs think their transition starts at the exit. The best ones started years earlier, with a single honest question. When you’re in the seat,...
By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. A Nod Isn’t a Yes You leave a conversation with your board or your boss feeling like you got a yes. Everyone was pleasant, heads were nodding, no one pushed back. Then nothing happens. If that...
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...
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...
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