Most leaders do not have a commitment problem.
They have an infrastructure problem. Energy, stress and recovery all running on a system that never caught up with the demand.
Andrew Stoneham Knott is back on the Built For Pressure Podcast, one year on from our first conversation. If you missed that one, the link is below.
CEO of Miramar Global and part of the team behind Deepsky and the RISE platform, Andy has just had the best year in the company’s history with the core business growing at record pace.
This episode is not about the numbers. It is about what sits underneath them.
Last time, we talked about the reset. Energy back, routines rebuilt. On paper, Andy was doing everything right. So we went deeper.
We cover what it takes to lead a growing global business while staying physically capable, present at home and clear in your decisions.
Andy shares what his blood work revealed, why his default setting of push was costing him energy, and the small, precise adjustments that changed it.
In this episode:
- Why one good year is not success, and what long term sustained performance actually requires.
- Performance leakage, and how businesses and humans lose output when people cannot play to their strengths.
- Scaling from 5 to 10 to 25 people, and the hangovers you carry from the business you used to be.
- Family as a team sport, and why Andy refuses to separate business from home
- What his GC Biosciences blood work flagged that nobody would ever see from the outside
- Your demand signature, and why data finds what effort never could
Low energy availability, stress physiology and why training harder was degrading the engine
- Recovery as a performance tool, not a reward.
- Why performance is moving from a corporate perk to leadership infrastructure.
- Why leadership capability and succession are back at the top of the corporate agenda heading into 2027
- RISE Signature, and why leaders at this level need a guide, not more information
- The one thing a CEO should do this week
Information is everywhere. Application is the currency.
You do not need a bigger engine. You need a better one.
And that usually starts with simplicity.
Find out where your capacity is leaking. Take the Capacity Index, a short diagnostic built for leaders operating under pressure:
https://bfp-capacity-index.netlify.app/
Links from this episode:
The first episode with Andy: https://youtu.be/2nkqjVR650w?si=k330bioCVMkXokNt
Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstonehamknott/
Explore RISE and the Signature programme: https://deepskyleaders.com/rise
Connect with me:
LinkedIn: @willfoden
Instagram: @willfoden
Website: https://www.builtforpressure.net
This episode is for information only and is not medical advice.
#LeadershipPerformance #ExecutivePerformance #BuiltForPressure
