How to build a high-performing team (without the BS)
Build team performance through clear expectations, A-player density, peer accountability and conditions that reduce dependence on supervision.

Hiring salespeople: a five-stage process for scale-up founders
Build a five-stage sales hiring filter that tests preparation, mindset, coachability and performance before making an offer.
Missionaries versus mercenaries. The senior leader hiring framework. Why 40% of senior hires fail within 18 months.
40% of senior hires are gone within 18 months (Heidrick & Struggles). A hiring process that tests motive and collaboration before you make the offer.
How to coach managers into leaders. (Without doing their job for them)
Coaching is not redoing the work. It is telling people the standard, then letting them meet it. Here is how to coach managers into leaders without taking the job back.
How to value a business: the UK founder-CEO guide
You paid for your company twice: once with money, once with your life. The buyer priced neither. Here is what actually moves the multiple.
E372 | Oliver Cummings: left Goldman Sachs for a 4-person startup. built a 60,000 expert network
Oliver Cummings left Goldman Sachs for a four-person startup and built a 60,000-expert board network. The test he uses on leaders is the one many hiring processes skip.
The Executive Team Trap: Why Size Could Be Your Biggest Problem
Shrink your executive team to restore decisions, moving wider delivery leadership and future strategy into separate, purpose-built groups.
Prices up 50%. One customer left.
Raise prices before chasing growth: charging properly can improve margin without adding customers, people or delivery.
How do I stop being the bottleneck? A 90-day plan
Move decision authority, context and accountability out of your head with a practical 90-day plan.
Plan on a page: how to turn strategy into one page your leadership team will actually use
Turn strategy into one memorable page with clear choices, numbers, owners and three to five quarterly priorities.
