Simon Sinek’s Former Chief on What Great Leaders Get Wrong (with Monique Helstrom)

13 Jul 2025 · 43 min
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Monique Helstrom, who worked as Simon Sinek's executive assistant, explains how great leaders underestimate their EAs. The best partnerships require regular face-to-face time, clear priorities, and leaders who actually delegate decisions instead of hoarding them. Helstrom shares how to build systems both people will actually use and why treating the relationship like a long-term partnership makes an EA predictive about what you need.

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