Constraint

Coaching Perspective:

When you go to an experienced strength coach at a gym, they won’t immediately hand you a training plan. Instead, they will move you through foundational exercises and observe how your body resists movement.

The same principle applies when I work with founders and CEOs. My first priority is to identify the constraint in your company model and we do this by getting you to move intentionally toward a result.

Just like a running coach can’t help an athlete who isn’t in motion, I have to get you moving to first identify what we should stop doing.

Starting at the constraint is the fastest way to uncover performance efficiency and to build momentum.

Industry Perspective:

In the late 1990s, the British men's eight rowing team was struggling despite intense training. Team member Ben Hunt-Davis posed a transformational question: “Will it make the boat go faster?”

This simple question became their decision-making framework. Every training choice, team decision, and strategy was filtered through this lens. If something wouldn’t make the boat faster, they wouldn’t do it.

At the 2000 Olympics, in my hometown Sydney, the British men's eight won their first gold medal since 1912.

Their ruthless focus on starting conversations at the constraint turned them into the best men's eight rowing team on the planet.

Your Perspective: