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On April 2nd, 2025, President Trump stepped back onto the global stage and did what few leaders have dared to do in the modern era: he lit a match and threw it directly into the towering haystack of globalization. With the quiet subtlety of a thunderclap, he declared it Liberation Day. A new tariff regime. A new economic doctrine. A 10% tax on everything imported, with extra pain lovingly reserved for our "friends" in China (34%), India (27%), and Vietnam (46%).

I exit Founders for a living.

It takes a special personality to bring something into existence: grit, passion, vision. But most Founders lack the self-awareness to embrace the limitations to scale their creations. That's where people like me enter.

"This meeting could have been an email," goes the professional's lament these days. Far too many leaders in business waste valuable time and money on pointless meetings with their direct reports. The Check-In should be an opportunity for leaders to provide support to their team members, but there are three things they need to do.