The intentional CEO: Issue 13

It's a new year and I have a new name for this newsletter. Intention is something I live my life by and something that comes up in almost every coaching conversation. In every aspect of your life, if you bring proactive intention to it, great things will happen. 

If you are new here, welcome. This newsletter is a publication intended for the CEOs of VC and PE-funded companies and the investors who back them.

The purpose of my coaching is to help CEOs grow faster than their businesses. I hope these articles will accelerate your growth.

Enjoy!

War time CEO, war time CEO

Ben Horowitz's article Peace time CEO, war time CEO is a classic where he talks about the differing leadership styles required in peace time vs. war time. My belief is that if you have raised capital and are burning that capital, it is never peace time.

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Is it time to reconsider bonuses?

I don't believe that bonuses work for startups. They don't produce the right incentives since they are just expected to be paid. And the targets on which they are based are often speculative.

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Plan on a page

Management teams spend vast amounts of time producing elaborate annual plans. In this article, I show you how to simplify those plans down to one page that you can run your business on.

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Elements of a great offsite meeting

Still on the topic of planning, here are my suggestions for holding great quarterly or annual off-sites. This is expensive and potentially transformational time. Here's how to get the most out of it.

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Are you an enlightened leader?

We rightly celebrate founder CEOs in our startup culture. They are omnipresent. In this article I offer up a different approach to leading where you leave more room for your team to shine.

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About Mark MacLeod

In my 3rd decade in startup land, I coach and advise the CEOs of high growth technology companies and help them execute game-changing deals.