The one thing every CEO struggles with that kills company growth

inspiring people, giving hard feedback.

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inspiring people, giving hard feedback. What's maybe, like, the one thing that most often people that become CEOs founders have to work on? Is there, like, a most common thread of, like, here's the thing you probably need to work on most?

It's that feedback thing. All of the CEOs are building their teams, and so many are like, I have a cofounder that runs product and engineering, but I need that cofounder to kinda step aside and be the CTO and the thinker and the labs person, and I need to hire somebody who can actually run the engineering machine. Like,

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Brian Halligan reveals that giving hard feedback is the most common challenge he sees among CEOs and founders. He explains how many founders struggle with difficult conversations, particularly around transitioning co-founders to new roles as companies scale and need different leadership structures.

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This identifies a universal CEO pain point with a specific, actionable insight that founders can immediately apply to their own leadership challenges.

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