Ever feel like your business is slowly crushing you? 

You fought hard to get past $2M. 

You’ve hired staff. Signed big clients. Delivered decent projects. 

On paper, you should feel proud. 

But in reality? You feel trapped. 

Why?  

Because every fire still lands on your desk. 

Every staff problem. Every invoice. Every annoying client. 

You’re across delivery, admin, HR, finance… 

All while trying to “steer the ship” in the right direction.  

Instead of freedom, growth has only added weight. 

Instead of breathing easier, you’re slowly suffocating under all the responsibility. 

And the worst part? 

The harder you work, the less effective you become. 

Your days blur together… endless, reactive, exhausting. 

Your best thinking time gets chewed up putting out fires. 

And at night, you lie awake wondering: how much longer can I keep this up? 

Here’s the truth no one tells you. 

You don’t stall at $3M because of the marke...

You didn’t build your consultancy to stay stuck running it forever. 

But here’s the brutal reality… 

Most owners will hit $5M, maybe even $8M, and then stall.  

Not because the market isn’t there.  

Not because they lack talent.  

But because they never figured out how to remove themselves from the centre of everything. 

And that’s where the pain lives: 

– Every big client depends on you 

– Every decision sits with you as the bottleneck 

– Every risk is yours to shoulder alone 

The dream was freedom.  

But instead, you’ve built yourself another job… just bigger, heavier, and harder to escape. 

Here’s the truth: if you don’t build an elevation strategy, your business owns you. 

In today’s podcast episode, I walk you through the same framework I use with Boardroom clients to grow their consultancies beyond $10M and secure their future. 

Because let’s face it… 

You don’t want to grind until retirement and hope someone will buy your busine...

You didn’t start your consultancy to spend your life deep inside the grind. 

But here you are: 

Your calendar’s jammed. 

Your team asks you for every decision. 

Projects, clients, and even cash flow depend on you showing up every day. 

On paper, the business is “doing fine.” 

In reality, you know it’s stuck. 

You’ve been aiming for that next revenue level - $2M, $5M or $10M+… but growth has slowed.  

Margins are tight. You’re working harder than ever - yet the business still feels fragile. 

And deep down, you know why. 

You don’t have the systems. 

Not the endless list of 50+ SOPs other coaches tell you to write… 

I’m talking about your Core Operating System… 

The 8–10 processes that run 80–90% of your business. 

Without them: 

You’re capped at your current revenue. 

You’re forced to micromanage. 

You can’t step away without losing momentum. 

In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll walk you through: 

You’ve got more work coming in. 

You’re hiring to keep up. 

But things aren’t getting easier… 
  

They’re getting messier. 

Your calendar’s still packed. 

Deadlines are tighter. 

Team stress is rising. 

And even though headcount’s up — you’re still the one holding it all together. 

Here’s the truth most owners miss: 

Hiring more people won’t fix a business that depends on you. 

In fact, it often makes the cracks bigger. 

In this week’s episode of the podcast, I share what I’ve seen inside consultancies doing $2M, $5M, even $10M+… 

The ones who scale smoothly — and the ones that stall. 

You’ll learn: 

- Why most owners don’t really lead… they just manage chaos 

- The 4 signs you’ve become the bottleneck (even with a full team) 

- The mindset shift that turns busy managers into strategic leaders 

- How to build a team that performs without everything flowing through you 

And I’ll share what it ac...