Three Questions That Protect A CEO’s Time with Dhana Kannan

Send us Fan MailYour calendar is packed, your brain is fried, and somehow you are still the one choosing the “office snacks” while retention slips and big deals wait. That gap between what a CEO should do and what a CEO actually does is where Dhana Kannan lives. Donna is a fractional COO for overwhelmed founders, and she joins us to share how she turns operational chaos into a clean, scalable system that gives leaders their time back.We start with the moment that pushed her into entrepreneurship: a shower steamer that failed so badly it left a purple stain and turned a quick reset into a frustrating cleanup. That irritation became a company she scaled across the US, Canada, and Taiwan, and those hard-earned lessons now shape how she helps CEOs stop being a one-person department. The key idea is simple but uncomfortable: most founders spend premium time on low-value tasks because everything feels urgent.Donna walks us through her CEO time protection filter, a 30-second decision tool built on three questions: strategic impact, reversibility, and CEO-only context. From there, we get practical about what delegation really looks like today, including the tool contractor employee ladder, how to avoid expensive hiring mistakes, and why skill is not enough without the right personality fit. We also dig into AI for business operations: where it can automate repetitive work fast, and where it cannot replace trust, judgment, and leadership.If you want better focus, cleaner operations, and a more sustainable week, hit play. After you listen, subscribe, share this with a founder who needs it, and leave a review. What is the first task you are ready to delegate or delete?Support the showCheck out more about your host, Morris Sims Visit our Facebook and LinkedIn Pages!