If you want a long-term solution to actually scaling your business, you need to look at your expenses, especially the hidden costs in your team's time and efficiency. You will learn the five most common ways your team is wasting time and how to fix them so your small business can achieve better profits without adding more to your payroll.

This video also covers the framework for creating business systems that actually get things done, allowing your team to do more without constant interruptions. You'll learn how to replace on-the-fly to-do lists with simple templates, as well as how to look critically at your meetings and asynchronous messages so you can focus on actual conversations and meaningful work, reducing the constant pull of notifications that can tank team productivity. And one of the best things you'll learn is a communication framework that helps your team solve their own problems before interrupting others, help you and your team focus on business operations that can help grow your business.

Here's what this video covers:
00:00 The profit margin problem no one talks about

00:58 Time Waster #1: On-the-fly to-do lists

02:36 Time Waster #2: Information-only meetings

03:56 Time Waster #3: Asynchronous overload

06:04 Time Waster #4: Help culture without boundaries

06:29 Introducing CARS (Context, Attempts, Request, Stakes)

08:00 Time Waster #5: Strategic planning with no follow-through

Videos & resources mentioned in this episode:

🔗 Watch The 20-Minute Meeting That Actually Grows Your Business

🔗 Watch C.A.R.S.™, a Communication Framework

🔗 Watch the Need to Communicate Clearly while Remote?

🔗 Watch the free masterclass