​Founder Leadership Series

​Six Months. Six Frameworks. Zero Fluff. Real tools for the hardest parts of leading.

​Series Philosophy

​Founders face unique leadership challenges that traditional executive development doesn't address. This series tackles the real issues: managing your own psychology while scaling fast, making high-stakes decisions with incomplete data, transitioning from doer to leader, and sustaining energy for the long game.

​What makes this different:

• ​Zero fluff, 100% applicable to founder life

• ​Attend any session, any order—no prerequisites

• ​Frameworks you'll use the same week

• ​From someone who's coached 100+ founders through these exact challenges

​The Energy Operating System: Peak Performance Without Burnout

​For founders running on empty, but afraid to slow down.

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​Core Question

​How do you maintain peak performance without burning out—and what does sustainable leadership actually look like?

​Optimize energy, not just time.

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​Key Promise

​Build a sustainable performance system that works with your body and life, not against it.

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​What You'll Learn

• ​Energy audit: understanding your actual capacity vs. what you're demanding of yourself

• ​The four energy domains: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual

• ​Embodied practices that regulate your nervous system

• ​Recovery protocols that actually restore you

• ​Morning and evening routines that set you up for sustainable performance

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​Founder-Specific Application

• ​Breaking the "always on" pattern without losing your edge

• ​Managing energy through funding cycles, product launches, crises

• ​Maintaining presence with family while running a company

• ​Creating boundaries that work in a 24/7 startup environment

• ​Recovering from extended periods of overwork

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​Immediate Takeaway

​Personal Energy Audit + Recovery Protocol—identify your energy drains and gains, plus specific practices to sustain performance without burning out.

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​Why This Works Standalone

​Combines Zone of Genius with practical delegation frameworks; complete system for the founder-CEO transition.

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​Sources

• ​The Big Leap / Zone of Genius (doc 21)

• ​Delegation frameworks (doc 43, 61)

• ​Leadership identity development (doc 88)

​Why This Works Standalone: Complete system combining somatic practices, circadian rhythm science, and practical energy management; immediately applicable.

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​Your Facilitators

​● Meg Wolf, Co-founder, Hazel; executive coach with 15+ years in alignment for scaling startups and Fortune 100s.

​● Erik Schreter, Co-founder, Hazel; Founder & CEO, Venwise. Expert in founder peer networks and business intimacy for high-growth leaders.

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​Questions? Contact [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more: hlzgrp.com.