New Episode: Be the Least Informed in the Room


Hey Reader,

If every hard problem in your company still finds its way to your desk, here's the hard truth: you didn't build a bigger company. You built a longer list of stuff to do.

Twenty years ago, my mentor Terry Dunn told me something I didn't want to hear: "You had better get comfortable being the least informed about the details of your business." I'll let you think about how that went.

This week kicks off our CEO Mindset series with that lesson.

In this episode:

  • Why the skills that made you a great operator can keep your business stuck
  • The three things a CEO can never hand off, and the one rule that holds them together
  • A 30-minute exercise to find the decisions that shouldn't be reaching you
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What questions does this raise for you about leading the leaders? Hit reply and send them my way. I read every one.

dusty

PS: If this one lands, go back to Episode 28 with Terry Dunn, The 4 Critical Skills That Took This CEO 35 Years to Finally Learn. His four pillars will sound familiar now.

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