Mochary: Brex founders split internal and external meetings after energy audit
Matt Mochary · How to work through fear, give hard feedback, and doing layoffs with grace | Matt Mochary · Nov 10, 2022 · at 1:08:44
Executive coach Matt Mochary discusses how the Energy Audit framework altered the working relationship of Brex co-founders Enrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi.
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“I did it with Enrique and Pedro from Brex, and it was revolutionary for them. And it caused them to change how the two of them operated together. They realized one really enjoyed the internal meetings and the other really enjoyed the external meetings. They're like, well, great. Let's just do that.”
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