Giving feedback upwards

A founder is too involved in day-to-day tasks: how do you ask them to step back?

Jelena Voss
People Operations Lead
Jelena is an experienced People Leader who’s spent years working closely with executives in fast-paced start-ups and scale-ups, including Trivago, TravelPerk, and Tribe.xyz. 
Jelena has helped steer companies through very challenging times by coaching leaders on best practices, and overseeing organisational change with empathy.

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