In this episode of the Freedom of Work podcast, Filip Pesek, Founder and CEO, knocked on over 9,000 doors in a single year,explores how European founders are redefining global hiring and remote leadership. Drawing from his experience in door-to-door saleswhere he knocked on over 9,000 doors in a single yearFilip shares how resilience and communication form the backbone of a successful CEO toolkit.
Join us as we discuss the bottleneck many leaders face when they try to manage every detail, and introduce a model in which European Executive Assistants help founders reclaim up to 60 hours a month. The conversation highlights the cultural shift from simple task-taking to downloading your brain to your team, ensuring every member understands the purpose behind their work.
Key Discussion Points Include:
- The Three Pillars of Leadership: Adopting extreme ownership, moving beyond the desire to be liked, and maintaining a robust HR pipeline to avoid dependency.
- The 10-80-10 Delegation Strategy: How to provide a strong intro brief, allow the team autonomy during execution, and provide micro-touchpoints for final alignment.
- Sustainable Productivity: Implementing strict communication boundaries, such as checking internal messages only once per day, to protect deep work.
- Trust and Transparency: Why the HR process must be transparent about the challenges as well as the benefits to build long-term retention.
About Filip Pesek
Filip Pesek is the Founder and CEO of DonnaPro, a company that helps founders and CEOs reclaim their time and focus with the support of high-caliber, part-time executive assistants from the EU. He is a sought-after speaker on leadership, remote work, and sustainable productivity. Filip’s career started in door-to-door sales, an experience that sharpened both his communication skills and his entrepreneurial drive. He went on to found Spark Marketing Agency before recognizing a common bottleneck: busy leaders were drowning in tasks that could easily be delegated. This insight led to the creation of DonnaPro, built to help leaders live smarter through better systems and deepwork culture.
