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Building trustBuilding trust

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Jul 13, 2025

How to Create a ‘Culture of Urgency’ Without Inducing Panic

How to balance speed with sanity. (No one wins in fire-drill culture).

Regina Gerbeaux

Operator RoleOperator Role

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Jun 15, 2025

When to join a Chief of Staff community

How to build a world-class peer network (even if you never pay for one)

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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May 25, 2025

What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming Chief of Staff

Everything I wish someone told me before I became Chief of Staff.

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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May 18, 2025

OKRs that don't suck

Because a lot of operational things may seem pointless, but OKRs don’t have to be.

Regina Gerbeaux

FeedbackFeedback

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May 04, 2025

Don’t mindlessly copy other famous leaders

Why you can’t just copy another successful leader’s actions and expect the same results.

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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Apr 27, 2025

How to handle internal promotions at a scaling company

An edition of curated Q&As to help you think about career growth and promotions for your company.

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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Apr 20, 2025

Owning your mistakes as an operator

How to address when you’ve messed up with grace - because sometimes, it’s necessary.

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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Apr 13, 2025

Making hard choices against the vocal minority

How to overcome your fear and put things in action, even against the (very loud) vocal minority. (Story of an extremely successful company implementing this playbook included)

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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Apr 06, 2025

Getting teams to adopt new processes

With examples from Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Ben Horowitz (a16z), and other successful, scaled startups

Regina Gerbeaux

Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

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Mar 23, 2025

Layoff-proof your job... by writing yourself out of a job

In a time of layoffs, why the smartest thing you can do is writing exactly how to do your job

Regina Gerbeaux

TipsTips

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Mar 02, 2025

Yes, billionaire operators have imposter syndrome, too

Debunking the myth that unicorn operators don’t feel imposter syndrome, and how to work past it

Regina Gerbeaux