Leadership
The Leaders Who Taught Me the Most Were the Worst Ones I Ever Had
The lies, the ego, the manipulation. What terrible leaders actually teach you - and why the worst leadership experience can build the best coach.
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Leadership
The Leaders Who Taught Me the Most Were the Worst Ones I Ever Had.
I didn't become a coach because I had great mentors. I became a coach because I survived some of the worst leaders I've ever seen. The lies. The ego so thick it suffocated everyone in the room. And then one day something happened to me personally that changed everything.
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About the Author
This Leadership Blog for Founders Is Written From the Trenches.
Pete Srodoski is a former CEO and COO who has carried direct P&L responsibility for over $250M in revenue across 10+ companies. He coaches founders running $1M to $20M businesses who built something real and became the bottleneck of their own company.
Every post on this leadership blog for founders comes from real experience - real clients, real problems, real results. Not from a research paper or a certification course.
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