15 ways your life will unexpectedly change (and not always for the better) as your business moves from growing to scaling

Are you working long hours, stressed and the worst paid in your business? Has the game changed, but no-one told you?One of the things I have found is that business owners accidentally go from ‘me, myself and I’ into growing a firm with a team. You know, you get a run of good luck with projects or retainers landing and suddenly you know you need more pairs of hands. Whether this is a Virtual Assistant or a more permanent hire, it’s quite common to grow from 1 to 3 without purposely doing it.It’s the same when you take the next step up, before you realise it, once again your business has gone up a level, but your role hasn’t changed. You find you no longer can work any harder. You’ve started to experience the work in, work on trap. Where you get pulled back into being the business. Either because your cashflow dictates you have to, or your business doesn’t have enough capacity for you to NOT be working in the business. This next stage? It’s the challenge of scaling your firm.In the episode I 15 unexpected shifts that will happen to you and your business when you go from growing to scaling.What you'll learn in the podcast episode:- the 15 unexpected shifts that will take place in your business when you go from growing to scaling- the tension between working ON the business and working IN the business, and why its so hard to move to working ON the business- why the people stuff suddenly becomes much harderChapters00:00 The Transition from Solo to Team03:05 Mindset Shifts in Scaling a Business05:41 The Emotional and Financial Burdens of Leadership08:29 Navigating Team Dynamics and Culture11:15 The Role of a Leader in a Growing BusinessRelated episodes:10 myths which are stopping your business from scaling sustainably and profitably https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/10-myths-which-are-stopping-yourWhat to do when your team wouldn't step up https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/what-to-do-when-your-team-wouldnt?r=l8khyWhy we feel the compulsion to overwork (and how to stop) https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/7-reasons-you-are-overworking-and?r=l8khyWhy that small voice of doubt is holding your business back (and how to quieten it) https://startuptogrownup.substack.com/p/why-that-small-voice-of-doubt-is?r=l8khyUseful links:- sign up as a paid subscriber and use this link to get 20% off an annual membership of Start Up To Grown UpWelcome to a free podcast episode of Start Up To Grown Up: Your source for ideas, insights and tactics to take back control of your business and scale it sustainably and profitably by Heather Townsend, award-winning author of The Accountants’ Millionaires’ Club and Founder of The Accountants’ Growth ClubEach episode of the Start Up To Growth Up Podcast is based on my weekly Substack Article on the same topic. Head over to my substack to subscribe https://substack.com/@startuptogrownup so you never miss an article or episode again. Get full access to Start Up To Grown Up at startuptogrownup.substack.com/subscribe