
The First Operating Review After a Geopolitical Shock
After a shock, the first operating review should separate what changed from what the company is using the shock to avoid. Keep the hour short and factual.

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After a shock, the first operating review should separate what changed from what the company is using the shock to avoid. Keep the hour short and factual.

Two headquarters become two companies when each site keeps a private operating system. Coaching should make one calendar, one card, and one way to disagree.

Minutes that never record a disagreement are not polite. They are a record of fear. Read last quarter’s notes as a coaching diagnostic.

A carve-out leaves people using the parent’s permissions in a company that no longer has them. Rewrite decision rights before you coach the culture.

Co-CEOs fail when they share a title and hide two scorecards. Write one public card, and write who breaks a tie before the first fight.

A founder can hold the title before they hold the job. Coaching should separate product instinct from the CEO work they have not yet learned.
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