Episodes

“I Was the Problem and I Didn't Know It” Sometimes the thing slowing the business down is not the market, the team, or the timing. It is the founder who has become so central to everything that the business cannot grow without cracking. What You'll Learn: The Hook: Why founders often look everywhere else for the problem before realizing they may be the bottleneck. Reality Check: Linda shares the story of a founder who thought she was holding the business together, but was actually holding it b...

This Is Harder than I Want It To Be: Season 2—What Happens After Things Break Linda van Egmond introduces Season 2 of "This is Harder Than I Want It To Be," focused on what happens after failures and breakdowns in leadership, teams, systems, or growth. She argues that failure is part of good leadership and highlights founders who acknowledge mistakes and fix them. Unlike Season 1, which covered shifts made before things break, this season begins each episode with a real failure from her or fou...