So you want to scale your business?

If you are one of those women entrepreneurs who has reached the point where to take your business to the next level you realize you have to scale, it’s worth taking time to consider what that potentially means in practical terms to your role as founder/ceo. Inevitably, it means handing over certain aspects of the business to other people to implement on a day to day basis in order to free up your time to focus on the high growth activities needed. That often means hiring in new people to expand your team; it could mean bringing on board a highly experienced personal assistant to manage your time and your diary better; or possibly outsourcing key administration aspects of the business to external specialists. The bottom line is that scaling your business requires you as the founder and visionary to set the pace for growth, and that means providing the right environment in which you can make sustainable and smart decisions to take the business forward. To achieve that goal you need to focus, extract yourself from the mundane tasks that will detract from the big picture, and learn to delegate better to members of your team. Happy scaling!