Management & Leadership

Lead your organization with confidence by mastering management & leadership for founder-led success.

Delegation
Feedback & Coaching
Founders as Managers
IC to Manager
Leadership Communication
Leadership Decision-Making
Leadership Growth
Managing High Performers
Managing Low Performers
Managing Up
Motivation
A portrait of Stephanie Chon, a woman with long wavy dark hair wearing a white suit
Founder Leadership

The founder of Balian Springs on the stressful parts of the spa business

Stephanie Chon didn't set out to become an expert in permits, construction, and commercial operations. But building one of the East Coast's largest wellness destinations required mastering the challenges of brick-and-mortar entrepreneurship—and rethinking what modern wellness could look like.

Jamila Huxtable
Collage showing 4 founder headshots alongside photos from their time in the military. Starting from center top and moving clockwise, we see Kimberly Shenk, a white woman with long wavy blonde hair and bangs, seen next to a photo of her in a blue service dress uniform. Below her is John Doyle, a white man with short brown hair wearing a blue button-down shirt, next to a photo of him wearing a camouflage combat uniform and gear. Next is Daniel Castillo, a Black man with curly black hair on top of his head but closely shaved on the sides with a black goatee wearing a black suit, white dress shirt, and black tie, next to a photo of him in a U.S. Marine Corps blue dress uniform. Above is a headshot of Adam Harder, a man with short curly hair and stubble wearing a white t-shirt and blue blazer, alongside a photo of him wearing a flight uniform and helmet.
Founder Leadership

Startup founders on the lessons they learned from military life

Veteran founders draw on military training to build companies rooted in structure, discipline, and speed.

Jamila Huxtable

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