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The Striving Trap Under pressure, many leaders make the decision to take on more personally. This might look like a founder heading into a fundraiser who decides she has to review every slide, every number, and every email to a …

Design, not default. Preparing for the remainder of the year. Ask most leaders how they want to transition into the second half of the year and you will likely hear some combination that includes: clear priorities, a team that’s excited …

The difference between moving and moving with purpose when facing the unexpected. A few weeks ago, one of our clients called with big news: the lease had changed and the cost had gone up. In just a matter of hours, …

Every Stage of Someone’s Time With You Is a Leadership Moment My name is Jennie Reis, I’m one of the new executive coaches here at CoCreate Work. However, I’ve been in the executive coaching space for years. Today, I want …

The Decision You Keep Turning Over I’ll be honest with you: I’m a recovering perfectionist (hello, Enneagram 1). I love a plan and good evidence is my favorite! For a long time I believed that if I thought hard enough …

Ownership Is A Two-Way Street Ask any senior leader what they wish their team did more of, and ownership is almost always on the list. Not just completing work, but caring about it, driving it. Making the call when a …

The Unlock Most Founders Overlook Hi, I’m Sara, the Director of Growth and Operations at CoCreate Work®. Before I joined the team, I spent years building my own startup. I founded an online marketplace and from day one, I was …

Leading with Discernment, Not Reaction Last Tuesday, we gathered a room of founders, investors, and operators, co-hosted with fellow co-creators Radici Studios, The Key PR, and our team at CoCreate Work. We were there to have a conversation about building human centered work …

The Conversation You Need To Have With Your Team Recently I was working with a leader who had been brought in to run an executive team. She hadn’t built this team and she wasn’t there when they were handling those …

Taking A Strength-based Approach At CoCreate Work, we begin every coaching conversation by celebrating wins. We do this because in our day-to-day life it’s easy to focus our next goal or fixate on all the things we haven’t achieved yet. Celebrating our wins …

A few days ago, I was on the ferry after a long week. I was lucky enough to be the first car on the boat, which means I had a beautiful view of the Puget Sound. And instead of pulling …

When we started this AI Workplace & Culture series, it felt more than a little experimental. This is mostly because the conversations we wanted to have weren’t the loudest ones happening online. Sure, we were ready to discuss both the …

If you’ve ever been in a conversation with someone who genuinely loves what they do, you feel completely energized with possibility, even if it’s not your area of expertise. That is exactly what it felt like sitting down with Jordache Johnson, …

A few weeks ago on our AI Workplace & Culture series, we sat down with Martha Shaughnessy, Founder & CEO of The Key PR whose words stayed with us long after we stopped recording. (If you didn’t read about Martha’s episode in …

If you know me, you know I’m an avid AI user. Not in the “AI will replace us all” way, but more in the “this helps my brain keep up with itself” way. I use it to make lists, jot …

Over the break, I recorded an Instagram reel about something have been discussing with clients over the past few months: The idea that 10X is better than 2X. This isn’t a new framework, it’s based on Founder Dan Sullivan’s work. What started …

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us, and not because we planned it that way. We had a newsletter drafted for the first week of January—all about spaciousness and intention-setting for the new year. Then we didn’t send …