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About Chris Clearfield
Chris Clearfield is a leadership strategist, author, and Harvard-trained scientist who works with high-performing entrepreneurs to help them scale without becoming the bottleneck in their own business. He has coached founders and executives at SMEs and large companies, including Netflix, Microsoft, Etsy, and ExxonMobil, helping leaders navigate complexity, redesign how decisions get made, and build teams that operate with clarity, ease and ownership. He is the co-author of Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It, winner of the National Business Book Award and the Thinkers50 Strategy Award. His new book is The High-Altitude Entrepreneur. Learn more at highaltitudebook.com.
What works in the early stages of building a company can eventually limit its growth. Sustainable leadership comes from designing systems and environments where teams take ownership and fewer issues require direct intervention.
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The Hidden Trap of Success: Why Solving Problems Won’t Grow Your Business

March 12, 2026 Chris Clearfield Comments Off on The Hidden Trap of Success: Why Solving Problems Won’t Grow Your Business

  Successful entrepreneurs build companies by solving problems. But now, the instincts that built your company may be the very thing slowing its growth. In the early years, that instinct is an advantage. You close […]

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