I Was on the Start, Scale & Succeed Podcast
— and We Talked About the Thing Nobody Wants to Hear
Being nice is not the same as being kind.
Nice is seeing something in your teeth and staying quiet — because I don't want to sit in the discomfort of telling you. Kind is saying it anyway, because you deserve to know.
That distinction sounds small. In leadership, it's everything.
I joined Scott Ritzheimer on the Start, Scale & Succeed Podcast to talk about what actually gets in the way for high-performing founders as they grow — and spoiler: it's rarely strategy. It's the conversations they're not having. The feedback they're not giving. The truth they're being "nice" about.
We also got into why the thing that made you great at your craft is often the exact thing that trips you up as a leader — and what it looks like to stop playing star player and start coaching the team.
