I just recorded a podcast with Elizabeth Garvish, founder of Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC.
Her story reminded me how much leadership is about trusting people we can’t always see and choosing what Elizabeth calls “love.” In practice, that means leading with empathy, trust, and courage, even when leading from afar.
Elizabeth runs a fully distributed team with lawyers and staff across the United States, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, and Honduras.
Her goal is simple yet powerful: to build the happiest law firm in America.
My top three takeaways:
1️⃣ Love as a leadership system
Elizabeth doesn’t lead with rules; she leads with trust. Her team works globally, across time zones and cultures, connected not by oversight but by shared values.
2️⃣ Flexibility as a gift, especially for working mothers
Her firm is built around women, many of them mothers, who can choose how and where they work. She proved that flexibility doesn’t have to reduce performance.
3️⃣ Structure makes freedom possible
Behind the idea of “love” is solid structure: EOS meetings, SOPs in Trainual, and remote systems that make clarity the default. It’s a vivid reminder that this is how culture scales beyond the office.
For me, this conversation reinforced that remote leadership requires a different set of skills, approaches, and practices—and that it absolutely works. When trust, support, and clarity are part of the system, teams don’t just function remotely; they thrive.
Grateful to Elizabeth for sharing her vision of what leading with love looks like in the real world.
Full episode coming soon. 💫
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Hiring Isn’t About Filling Gaps, It’s About Building With Purpose
We often think of hiring as patchwork: there’s a hole, so we scramble to fill it. But I believe building a truly great team isn’t about plugging gaps—it’s about recognizing potential and making room for it.
That’s how I think about hiring at Staff4Half. Because we’re building with purpose, we’re not just filling seats. To me, hiring is about inviting someone to join a mission.
I started this company to create opportunity, connecting brilliant Argentine talent with U.S. companies doing meaningful work. And that’s why I’m so excited to welcome Guadalupe to our team.
She brings experience in social media and a strong understanding of our space, but what stood out most was her eagerness to grow and her mindset. We’ve already started working on the podcast relaunch, and I’m excited for everything ahead with her.
I know she’ll bring heart and sharp thinking to everything she touches.
Guada, I’m thrilled to have you on this journey. Let’s build something meaningful, together 🚀
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The Real Burnout: Why Leadership Isn’t About Hardening Your Heart
I cried the first time I had to fire someone. I felt it was my fault. As a founder, I’ve always believed we don’t just hire people, we invite them into our vision. We hope they’ll care as much as we do. And when they don’t, or when it doesn’t work, it feels like a personal failure.
For a long time, I kept people too long because I wanted to avoid admitting that failure. Instead, I twisted myself trying to make things work that clearly weren’t. I thought being a “good leader” meant being endlessly patient.
It took me years to understand that being a good leader actually means telling the truth kindly, clearly, and as soon as things become clear.
That’s why I believe most of us don’t burn out from overworking. We burn out from emotional entanglement, from holding the entire relationship on our shoulders, without anyone saying, “Hey, this isn’t working and here’s why.”
It took me years to learn that leadership isn’t about hardening your heart. It’s about keeping it open and acting anyway.
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