Ever wondered why some businesses hit roadblocks that slow down progress?

In this episode, we're diving into how entrepreneurs can (unintentionally) become a bottleneck in their business.

What you will discover:

• How do you differentiate between a bottleneck and just regular delays?
• Why do these roadblocks even pop up in the first place?
• Practical solutions to tackle these bottlenecks head-on

Timestamps:

- Evidence of bottlenecks caused by founders - employee feedback, comparing to competitors, mapping out processes on paper (00:02:03)

- Psychological reasons bottlenecks happen - ego, "that's how we've always done it", startup hangover mentality (00:11:07)

- Figuring out why the bottleneck exists before trying to implement change (00:12:11)

- Looking at your role in the bottleneck by reverse engineering the process (00:13:04)

- Building a business that can run without your constant oversight (00:14:05)

- Embracing the identity change as your business grows - moving from "doing" to guiding and optimizing (00:17:21)

A new episode is published every other Friday.

Free resources and how we support entrepreneurs & founders:

David Foster | www.davidafoster.com | www.linkedin.com/in/-davidfoster

Rachelle Leerling | www.linkedin.com/in/rachelleleerling | www.growtribute.com

Do you catch yourself being addicted to being busy?

As an entrepreneur, we definitely are juggling a lot of different aspects of business.

But being addicted to being busy, is a whole other level.

And because you are always (trying to be) busy, you might be missing out on some big opportunities, pivots or important decisions.

In today’s episode, David & Rachelle explore:

1. What are we calling “busy” here? What does that mean?

2. Why our culture supports and encourages being busy

3. Why is being busy seen as a good thing?

4. What are the dangers of being busy all the time?

5. What is an appropriate and effective level of engagement?

A new episode is published every other Friday.

Free resources and how we support entrepreneurs & founders:

David Foster | www.davidafoster.com | www.linkedin.com/in/-davidfoster

Rachelle Leerling | Free Tool: https://unchained-score.scoreapp.com/ | www.linkedin.com/in/rachelleleerling

Are you sometimes wrong about something? As an entrepreneur and leader, it is hard to have to admit we aren’t always right.

What does that do to our authority? To our decision-making and business direction? Or even reputation in the market?

Whilst it is tempting to always look right, it doesn’t serve us. In today’s episode we explore the difficulty of not always being right, and how to make a habit of discovering when you are wrong.

You’ll discover:

- Why do we instinctively resist the idea that we might be wrong?

- What’s the danger of an entrepreneur being wrong (and not knowing it)?

- How can we (not them) recognize that we are wrong?

- What if someone is wrong about us being wrong?

- What are the benefits of this habit?

A new episode is published every other Friday.

Free resources and how we support entrepreneurs & founders:

David Foster | www.davidafoster.com| | www.linkedin.com/in/-davidfoster

Rachelle Leerling | Free Tool: https://unchained-score.scoreapp.com/ | www.linkedin.com/in/rachelleleerling