Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

Why Your Day One Leadership Team Will Fail | Aaron Getty

19 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this segment, Aaron Getty challenges the common belief that a startup’s initial leadership team will remain static. He argues that early teams are often temporary and that founders should prioritize "production before perfection" when assembling leaders. Rather than seeking a perfect, permanent roster, founders should select individuals they view as potential leaders, bring them together, and collectively work through proven scaling frameworks such as the books Scaling Up or Traction. This collaborative learning experience helps the team organically define roles, responsibilities, and processes, allowing the organization to evolve naturally as it grows.

A lot of times we look on at the company and we say, okay, this is the team that's gonna be here forever. And it's not. I see a lot of times businesses are trying to get their leadership team right from day one. The production before perfection. Pick the people that you think are leaders in the organization, put 'em in a room, go through a book like Scaling Up or like Traction together. And it's amazing how things kind of start to sort themselves out.