Wait a month. Your new hire's odds go from 50/50 to 90%+
How ClassDojo turned executive hiring from a coin flip into a near-sure thing with a shadowing month — and why new hires love it rather than feel insulted.
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Founder execution field notes
Practical founder learnings from Rico’s coaching work: Mochary-style operating habits, clean agreements, feedback rhythms, and simple execution systems for first-time founders who want their companies to run with more clarity and less chaos.
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Convince me you still want the job
A brutal, clarifying exercise for founders quietly wondering whether they should still be CEO — and how to tell "tired" apart from "done."
Read the articleWrite the issue down before you bring it to anyone
The IPS — Issue, Proposed Solution — is how Mochary Method CEOs prepare for coaching. Three questions that often solve the problem before the meeting starts.
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Coaching is not advice and it is not therapy. What actually happens in Mochary-style CEO coaching, week by week, and how to tell if it is working.
Read the articleMake decisions visible before they become politics
A lightweight decision practice for founders who need speed without chaos.
Read the articleHave the hard conversation while it is still small
A practical script for first-time founders who avoid tension until it becomes expensive.
Read the articleProtect founder energy like a company asset
Why managing attention, recovery, and emotional load is not self-care theater—it is execution infrastructure.
Read the articleFeedback is an execution system, not a personality test
How founders can make feedback normal, specific, and useful before avoidance becomes culture.
Read the articleOne-on-ones are where culture becomes real
How to run one-on-ones that build trust, improve execution, and surface problems early.
Read the articleDelegate outcomes, not tasks
A founder’s guide to handing off work without creating confusion, resentment, or silent failure.
Read the articleClean agreements beat heroic follow-up
Why first-time founders should replace vague promises with explicit owners, deadlines, and definitions of done.
Read the articleRun a weekly execution review that people do not dread
How to turn the weekly meeting into a decision and accountability engine instead of a status theater.
Read the articleYour first CEO dashboard should be boring
The first-time founder dashboard that creates clarity without turning the company into a reporting machine.
Read the articleBuild the founder operating system before you need it
A practical guide to installing simple Mochary-style habits before founder chaos becomes company drag.
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