014: Remove The Bottlenecks That Prevent Business Growth

Do you regularly spend more time doing tasks that you could have easily assigned to someone else? And instead of showing up as the face of your business, you regularly get caught in the weeds?This symptom is a strong indication that you’re a bottleneck in your business. In this episode of Next Level Influence, Melanie Benson and Samantha Riley exchange insights about how you can remove the bottlenecks that prevent business growth. If you want to succeed in business, there are many areas you need to focus on. However, not dealing with the bottlenecks steers you away from achieving your goals. Here are some of the highlights of this episode:

• The importance of recognising you are the catalyst in your business (02:05)
• The top five bottlenecks that are preventing you from scaling your impact (04:37)
• The danger of doing tasks outside your genius zone (04:53)
• Why you need clear systems and procedures to grow (07:45)
• The outcomes of investing in your business (11:17)
• The impact of spending time on unaligned opportunities (15:25)
• The significance of having a plan in business (17:47)
• How to remove bottlenecks (19:38)

Quotes:"Spending time on opportunities that are not a good fit means you will not have the time to invest in things that will move the needle." -Melanie Benson"If you're doing something that someone else can do better, faster, or cheaper than you, you're probably bottlenecking your growth." -Melanie Benson"As the CEO of your business, your biggest contribution is the vision. Without sharing your vision, you can't move your business forward and impact more people." -Samantha Riley"To influence more people, we need to be showing up. The more time we're spending backstage in business, the less time we're being seen."-Samantha RileyResources:

• Learn Melanie's 7 Step Proven Framework for getting booked as a Guest Expert https://melaniebenson.com/7-steps/
• Discover The 5 Biggest Mistakes That Coaches Make That Prevent Them From Having A High Performing Team https://samanthariley.global/team/

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