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The real reasons your best people are leaving
It's rarely the counter-offer. By the time someone hands in their notice, they've usually been gone for months.
Leanne Elliott · 15 Jun 2026
AI That Works: where did the saved hours actually go?
Everyone's using AI. Almost nobody can point to what it actually saved them. Here's how to close that gap.
Al Elliott · 1 Jun 2026
How to stop being the bottleneck
If the business stalls whenever you're on holiday, you haven't built a company — you've built a very demanding job.
Al Elliott · 28 May 2026
Why your managers keep escalating decisions they should be making
Every decision that reaches you is one your managers have decided is safer to hand up than to own.
Leanne Elliott · 2 Apr 2026
The hiring mistake that's quietly cost founders six figures
Choosing the candidate who feels most like you isn't a gut instinct worth trusting. It's a bias with a price tag.
Leanne Elliott · 11 Mar 2026
Remote work isn't broken. Your management was always the risk.
Remote work didn't break management. It just removed the things that were quietly covering for bad management.
Leanne Elliott · 19 Feb 2026