If your company is objectively successful but leadership feels heavier, more personal, and more draining than you expected, you're not imagining it. For many women founders running businesses in the one to ten million dollar range, leadership strain shows up right as things start working. This week, Eleanor is joined by Lia Garvin, a workplace expert who has led and advised teams inside some of the most operationally demanding organizations in the world, including Apple and Google. Drawing from her experience and her book The Unstoppable Team, Lia breaks down what actually happens when responsibility accumulates faster than structure. Listen in to learn how unclear expectations, fuzzy accountability, and incomplete systems quietly force founders to absorb pressure that should live in the business. Together, Eleanor and Lia unpack why founders become the default escalation point, how responsiveness and availability quietly trap leaders in reactivity, and the critical difference between having people doing the work versus owning outcomes. Get full show notes and more information here: https://safimedia.co/WO87 Connect with Eleanor on LinkedIn or Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanorbeaton/ https://www.instagram.com/eleanorbeaton/?hl=en

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