I was named COO of a large company at a relatively young age (late 20's).
The CEO and I would meet 2/3x per week and go over anything and everything. Something he did that...I think...helped me.
He'd make me send over a 1 sentence list of topics we are going to discuss; and he meant 1 sentence. He created a google sheets doc and formatted a cell and said "do not go outside this box. ever."
We'd sit face/face, and he allowed me to add 1 sentence of context in-person. He'd then say "tell me more...." (let's discuss this) or "move along" (you handle it)
I think it helped me think through items in a higher level form, I had one sentence and probably 10 seconds of explanation on every single problem.
It also allowed me to see him operate from a standpoint of keeping the main thing the main thing. He only wanted to talk through/work on things that materially impacted people, customers, business drivers.
The CEO and I would meet 2/3x per week and go over anything and everything. Something he did that...I think...helped me.
He'd make me send over a 1 sentence list of topics we are going to discuss; and he meant 1 sentence. He created a google sheets doc and formatted a cell and said "do not go outside this box. ever."
We'd sit face/face, and he allowed me to add 1 sentence of context in-person. He'd then say "tell me more...." (let's discuss this) or "move along" (you handle it)
I think it helped me think through items in a higher level form, I had one sentence and probably 10 seconds of explanation on every single problem.
It also allowed me to see him operate from a standpoint of keeping the main thing the main thing. He only wanted to talk through/work on things that materially impacted people, customers, business drivers.