Allison Maslan
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And you start shifting from being that boss to being that leader. And now you start seeing leaders emerge on the team, those shining stars that can take the vision and run with it. And then you as a CEO can start to slowly step back. And move into phase five, which I call the visionary role. That's phase five, where you have this founder independent company. You now have a life.
You can actually go on vacation and not be on your email 24-7. Trust your team. And it's going to start growing so much faster. And I can just give you a quick example of that, like a few of them, actually. Marshall Doyle. came to us. He'd been running his company for 20 years. He had not taken a vacation in 20 years. He was working 60 to 80 hours a week in his machine calibration company.
You can actually go on vacation and not be on your email 24-7. Trust your team. And it's going to start growing so much faster. And I can just give you a quick example of that, like a few of them, actually. Marshall Doyle. came to us. He'd been running his company for 20 years. He had not taken a vacation in 20 years. He was working 60 to 80 hours a week in his machine calibration company.
You can actually go on vacation and not be on your email 24-7. Trust your team. And it's going to start growing so much faster. And I can just give you a quick example of that, like a few of them, actually. Marshall Doyle. came to us. He'd been running his company for 20 years. He had not taken a vacation in 20 years. He was working 60 to 80 hours a week in his machine calibration company.
And he had 35 employees, but he had his hands in every area of the business. And we said, Marshall, we are going to extricate you from the day-to-day of the business. And he said, he laughed like, ha, ha, ha, ha. Like this, how is this possibly going to happen? And within three years, he took that business to the nine figures, moving that into the nine figures, well over 200 employees.
And he had 35 employees, but he had his hands in every area of the business. And we said, Marshall, we are going to extricate you from the day-to-day of the business. And he said, he laughed like, ha, ha, ha, ha. Like this, how is this possibly going to happen? And within three years, he took that business to the nine figures, moving that into the nine figures, well over 200 employees.
And he had 35 employees, but he had his hands in every area of the business. And we said, Marshall, we are going to extricate you from the day-to-day of the business. And he said, he laughed like, ha, ha, ha, ha. Like this, how is this possibly going to happen? And within three years, he took that business to the nine figures, moving that into the nine figures, well over 200 employees.
He also went from working 60 to 80 hours a week to needing to attend one meeting a week. And he was able to acquire actually 35 other companies because now he had the time to be the visionary CEO of the company and think about how many people he's able to help and employ and make a difference in their lives because he was able to focus on that.
He also went from working 60 to 80 hours a week to needing to attend one meeting a week. And he was able to acquire actually 35 other companies because now he had the time to be the visionary CEO of the company and think about how many people he's able to help and employ and make a difference in their lives because he was able to focus on that.
He also went from working 60 to 80 hours a week to needing to attend one meeting a week. And he was able to acquire actually 35 other companies because now he had the time to be the visionary CEO of the company and think about how many people he's able to help and employ and make a difference in their lives because he was able to focus on that.
And so now he gets to spend time with his wife and actually take those vacations and spend time with his grandkids. So it really is about having that support and the strategy and the community and the tools to get you there.
And so now he gets to spend time with his wife and actually take those vacations and spend time with his grandkids. So it really is about having that support and the strategy and the community and the tools to get you there.
And so now he gets to spend time with his wife and actually take those vacations and spend time with his grandkids. So it really is about having that support and the strategy and the community and the tools to get you there.
Yeah, so it's such a great question. And this is something that we really work with our clients on in Pinnacle Global Network is to lay out a strategic plan. First of all, we need to figure out where are you spending all of your time? And, you know, what is really sucking the life out of you, basically?
Yeah, so it's such a great question. And this is something that we really work with our clients on in Pinnacle Global Network is to lay out a strategic plan. First of all, we need to figure out where are you spending all of your time? And, you know, what is really sucking the life out of you, basically?
Yeah, so it's such a great question. And this is something that we really work with our clients on in Pinnacle Global Network is to lay out a strategic plan. First of all, we need to figure out where are you spending all of your time? And, you know, what is really sucking the life out of you, basically?
And what are you able to outsource or, you know, hand off to somebody else that that is their superpower, right? And so once we can delineate those things, then we can determine who are the team members that we need to hire and when do we need to do those? Because we can't do it all at once. We may do some in Q1, some in Q2, some in Q3.
And what are you able to outsource or, you know, hand off to somebody else that that is their superpower, right? And so once we can delineate those things, then we can determine who are the team members that we need to hire and when do we need to do those? Because we can't do it all at once. We may do some in Q1, some in Q2, some in Q3.
And what are you able to outsource or, you know, hand off to somebody else that that is their superpower, right? And so once we can delineate those things, then we can determine who are the team members that we need to hire and when do we need to do those? Because we can't do it all at once. We may do some in Q1, some in Q2, some in Q3.
And then when you're clear on who those people are, now we want to start putting the message out there. Now, one of the biggest mistakes that business owners make is they just place an ad and they put the skills that they are desiring and what's required of the role. And now they have just put themselves out there with thousands of other job postings that are asking for the same thing.