What it asks of you
How much of your time this actually takes.
Most of it at the beginning, where it matters. After that, the engagement is designed to need less of you, not more.
At the beginning
The Foundation asks the most of you, at the point where it matters most. It cannot be delegated, because it is built from how you think and what you would not say.
Nobody else can supply that. An assistant can supply your calendar. Only you can supply your judgment.
After that
Two to four conversations a month, and messages in working hours.
- 1
Conversations
Two to four a month, depending on what we agree. They are where the thinking happens, not status updates.
- 2
Messages
Direct contact during working hours, answered within one business day. No channel to monitor, no tool to learn.
- 3
Approvals
Nothing is published without them, and they are built to be quick. Reading a draft is not a meeting.
It gets lighter
The longer we work together, the better I understand what sounds like you, what does not, what needs approval, and what should never be published in your name.
You explain less over time. That is the whole design of it, and it is why there is a minimum term rather than a monthly rolling arrangement that never gets past the beginning.
Where your team fits
Where there is an assistant, a Chief of Staff, a communications lead, marketing, PR or legal, I work alongside them. Approvals stay where you set them and you remain the final voice.
I do not direct or manage internal departments, and I do not become another thing for your team to manage.
If time is the real objection,
say it in the first conversation. It is a fair one, and it is answerable.
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