What drives top performers to succeed can also push them toward exhaustion and plateau.
In this conversation, Jeff Francis — founder of ENO8 — reveals the internal patterns that quietly undermine growth. We explore the tension between control and trust, the hidden cost of over-functioning, and how leadership must evolve as your company scales.
You’ll learn:
How to recognize when your strengths become liabilities
The mindset shifts essential to moving from founder to true leader
What to do when delegation feels like a threat instead of a solution
Leadership habits that unlock team ownership and long-term momentum
This episode is a practical reframe for entrepreneurs facing the invisible ceiling that ambition alone can’t break.
Guest Bio
Jeff Francis is a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of Dallas-based digital product studio ENO8. Jeff built ENO8 to empower companies of all sizes to design, develop and deliver innovative, impactful software — on time and on budget. With 18+ years working with both early-stage startups and enterprise product teams, Jeff has honed a unique ability to assist companies of all sizes to not only launch custom software products and mobile apps, but deliver needle-moving bottom line results.
On a more personal note, Jeff’s path to entrepreneurship began at the University of North Texas where he studied Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. He began his career as hire number one at a software startup in Dallas and was instrumental in growing it to the #1 SaaS solution for healthcare staffing. After 5 years in a senior leadership role, Jeff saw how the App Store was going to change software forever, and joined a mobile software development company as a co-founder and partner. After helping grow that business over 6 years — across more than 100 partners and projects — Jeff sold his equity stake and struck out on his own, founding ENO8 in 2016.
www.ENO8.com
www.linkedin.com/in/francisjeff/
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