Upgrade the Role, Not Just the Company

The company’s evolving.
Headcount’s up. Revenue’s up. Complexity’s way up.
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But your leadership playbook?
Still looks like the early days.
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Startups outgrow their founders' default mode.
That’s not failure. That’s physics.
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1. Founding energy doesn’t scale
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The energy that got you here, adrenaline, instinct, obsession,  doesn’t get you there.
When every fire needs your hands, you’re not leading.
You’re firefighting.

Leadership at scale means building systems, not solving everything.
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2. Upgrade your leadership operating system

Ask yourself: What kind of CEO does this company need now?

Maybe it’s less strategy, more culture.
Less product, more team design.
Less decisions, more frameworks.
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You don’t have to do everything.
You just have to evolve what only you can do.
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3. Growth means unlearning

The hardest shift?
Letting go of what made you effective before.
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If you’re the best at everything, you’re the blocker.
If the team slows down without your input, they’re not empowered, they’re dependent.
Leadership at scale means subtracting, not adding.
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Ask yourself:
What part of your leadership worked at 10 people, but breaks at 100?