You’re Not Resting. You’re Relocating Your Stress.
You’re Not Resting. You’re Relocating Your Stress. June 24, 2026 Summer is almost here. And for most executives, that means one of two things. Either they’re genuinely looking forward to stepping away — and quietly terrified they won’t actually be able to. Or they’re already planning how to “stay productive” while they’re gone. Both are […]
Your Meetings Are Lying To You: The Deep Dive
Your Meetings Are Lying To You June 17, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing one of the most normalized and quietly costly dynamics inside executive teams: meeting culture. They dig into why most organizations spend the bulk of their meeting time in passive information-sharing sessions, and how little of that time translates into […]
Your Meetings Are Lying to You
Your Meetings Are Lying to You June 17, 2026 Let me ask you something. When was the last time you walked out of a meeting feeling like something actually got done? Not scheduled. Not discussed. Not tabled for the next meeting about the meeting. Actually done. If you had to think about it for more […]
Why Stuck Is Worse Than Busy: What CEOs Need to Know About Burnout in 2025
Why Stuck Is Worse Than Busy: What CEOs Need to Know About Burnout in 2025 June 10, 2026 Most people think burnout hits when the workload becomes unbearable. Too many meetings. Too many decisions. Too many fires. But here’s the thing — that’s not usually what breaks a CEO. What breaks them is doing the […]
Why High Performers Get Structurally Stuck: The Deep Dive
Why High Performers Get Structurally Stuck June 10, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing one of the most misunderstood dynamics in executive burnout, the difference between being overwhelmed and being stuck, and why stuck is often the more dangerous of the two. They explore what it really looks like when a CEO keeps […]
You Don’t Have a Time Problem. You Have an Energy Problem.
You Don’t Have a Time Problem. You Have an Energy Problem. May 23, 2026 I used to think I was bad at time management. I had the calendar. I had the systems. I had the assistant who guarded my schedule like a hawk. And still, I would end most weeks feeling like I had run a marathon in flip-flops. Exhausted, […]
Manage Your Energy Not Your Time: The Deep Dive
Manage Your Energy Not Your Time May 23, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing one of the most underrated blind spots in executive burnout prevention: the difference between managing time and managing energy. They dig into why the typical productivity playbook fails senior leaders, and what a simple weekly practice called the energy audit can […]
The Dangerous Cost of Saying Fine: The Deep Dive
The Dangerous Cost of Saying Fine May 23, 2026 This week Alex and Emily are discussing one of the most normalized and least examined habits in executive culture: the reflexive use of “fine” as a substitute for honest emotional awareness. They explore how emotional suppression develops as a survival mechanism in high-stakes leadership environments, why […]
The Cost of Being “Fine”: How Leaders Suppress Emotions (and Why It Backfires)
The Cost of Being “Fine”: How Leaders Suppress Emotions (and Why It Backfires) May 23, 2026 There was a period in my CEO life when someone would ask how I was doing and I had one answer. “Fine.” Didn’t matter what was actually happening. Missed a major acquisition target. Fine. Board meeting went sideways. Fine. Woke up at 3 a.m. for the fourth night […]
The Scar You Keep Promoting
The Scar You Keep Promoting May 15, 2026 I want to tell you something I wish someone had told me when I first got the CEO title. All those things you’ve been carrying, the promotions that didn’t happen, the projects that blew up, the moments you froze in a meeting and never forgave yourself for, […]