Moving from an Individual Contributor to a Leader in Your Own Business You’ve taken the big first step to exponential growth. You’ve decided to get out of your own way. You’re going to stop struggling to do everything yourself or be involved with everything yourself. But you haven’t quite got there yet.  Though you have reduced your workload, you haven’t yet got to the magical pivot point where you work on the business, not in the business. You’re still involved in the day-to-day operations.  Why is this? How do you work on business, not in … Continue Reading »

Four Keys for Growth Creative agencies require the management of sometimes unpredictable people and services. But this doesn’t mean you have to suffer unpredictable sales growth. Despite the uncertainty and variability that you have accepted as part of your business, there are growth strategies for creative service firms like yours that will produce a steady upward trajectory for revenues and success. I’ve condensed these into the following four strategies for growing professional firms: Know what business you are in and what drives your success. Deliver consistent … Continue Reading »

The Stand-Out Strategy to Deliver Yourself from Burnout As the owner of a small business, you’re used to doing it all yourself. Now you’re ready to grow, but you’re getting in your own way: Have you found that you’ve built yourself a successful creative agency, but that you’re stuck because you’re doing too much yourself?   Have you tried to bring on help, but found that no one is able to do the work as well as you?   At the same time, are you frustrated because your business is stuck and can’t grow without you … Continue Reading »