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Put me in coach, I'm ready to scale

Put me in coach, I'm ready to scale

di Eugene Terk

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Why Being a Busy Leader is Stalling Your Business

Is your busy schedule actually hiding a leadership bottleneck? In this episode of Put Me in Coach, I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with veteran executive coach Bill Gallagher to unpack the core lessons from his book, Busy Is Broken. Bill shares why "busyness" isn't a badge of honor, how overachieving founders fall into the "eighth-grade group project" trap, and how to test whether your company can survive—and thrive—without you. In this episode, we cover: The true cost of micromanagement and failing to delegate The "1-Month Vacation Test" to expose your business bottlenecks Implementing lightweight, immediate 360-degree feedback loops Practical strategies to rewire your brain from telling to asking Connect with Bill Gallagher: Website: scalingcoach.com Books Mentioned in This Episode: Busy Is Broken by Bill Gallagher: https://amzn.to/4xPWMTw Superteams by Ron Friedman: https://amzn.to/4r0wv2l The Octopus Organization by Phil Le-Brun and Jana Werner: https://amzn.to/4xAvzU5 Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review!

Eliminate Distractions and Drive Execution Through the 13-Week Race

How do you prevent quarterly goals from getting lost in the "tyranny of the urgent"? In this episode of Put Me In, Coach: I Am Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Certified Scaling Up Coach Will Hall to break down the 13-Week Race—a practical framework designed to help business leaders turn ambitious quarterly rocks into bite-sized, accountable weekly actions. Whether you lead a growing healthcare practice or a fast-scaling company, Will shares how to build momentum, structure weekly SMART goals, conduct efficient huddles, and turn short-term execution into lasting organizational habits. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The 13-Week Race Framework: Why quarterly priorities fail without week-by-week action plans. Building Early Momentum (Weeks 1–3): Gathering data, establishing baselines, and setting your team up for success. The Heavy Lifting (Weeks 4–8): Crafting bite-sized, measurable SMART goals and maintaining focus amidst daily fire drills. Rollout & Reaffirmation (Weeks 9–12): Testing execution early, aligning clinic/department messaging, and celebrating wins. Closing the Loop (Week 13): Running effective quarterly all-team calls to review progress and prepare for the next race. Leader Accountability: Using weekly huddles and color-coded scorecards (Red/Green) to problem-solve without turning meetings into long status reports. Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode: Connect with Will Hall: Website: Hall Consulting Books Recommended by Will: Start to Scale: Secrets to Starting and Scaling Any Size Organization by Verne Harnish Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It... and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review!

From Generalist to Specialist: Scaling a Million-Dollar Coaching Practice

In this episode of Put Me In, Coach, I'm Ready to Scale!, host Eugene Terk sits down with Adam Roach—a serial entrepreneur, former tennis pro, and founder of I Love Coaching Co.—to discuss how expert coaches can bridge the gap between skill and running a successful business. Adam shares his powerful journey into coaching coaches, inspired by his father’s legacy as an Olympic swim coach and a life-changing conversation about "chasing significance." They dive deep into why coaches shouldn't sell themselves, how to determine your true "payoff," the secret to authentic "inviting" instead of salesy pitching, and how to scale your practice using the REAL Coaching Method. Key Takeaways: Sell the Payoff, Not Yourself: Why positioning yourself as the value creates pricing anxiety—and how the 1/10th rule lets you charge what your transformation is worth. Stop Borrowing Authority: Why copying someone else's playbook backfires, and how to build a practice rooted in your own lived experience and problem-solution cycle. The "Would You Like?" Framework: How to shift your mindset from high-pressure selling to clean, authentic inviting. The REAL Coaching Method: What it means to be a Relevant, Experiential, Authentic Leader in the coaching space. The 4 Phases of Scale: Moving step-by-step from keeping the lights on with 1-on-1 clients to a 7-figure "one-to-many" model using the First Chapter Method. Featured Resources & Links: Adam Roach’s Website: I Love Coaching Co. Recommended Books: Restore: 90 Days of Intentional Living by Dana Gentry The Road Less Triggered by Dr. Kelly Flanagan Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review!

Defining Your Ideal Customer and Brand Promise

Why do so many ambitious, growth-stage companies hit a ceiling? In this episode of Put Me In, Coach: I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Scaling Up coach and veteran marketer Keith Bush (Keen Momentum) to discuss why casting a wide net in marketing actually dilutes your business growth. Together, they break down the critical steps to moving beyond generic marketing, defining a hyper-specific Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), and translating that clarity into an operational Brand Promise. In this episode, you’ll learn: The Danger of Generic Marketing: Why casting a wide net harms growth-stage companies. Demographics vs. Psychographics: How getting into the mindset and daily challenges of your target audience helps refine your message. The "Saying No" Exercise: How to map out your customer base and identify bad-fit or low-margin clients that drain company energy. Building a Brand Promise & Guarantee: The difference between brand positioning and brand promise, and why a clear guarantee (with real stakes) creates market trust. Organizational Archetypes: Using proven brand archetypes (like Carl Jung's models) to differentiate your business from competitors. Keeping the Promise Alive: How CEOs can gather frontline qualitative feedback and keep the core strategy front-and-center through daily routines and regular huddles. Featured Resources & Links: Learn more about Keith Bush’s coaching services at Keen Momentum. Check out the book recommended in this episode: The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni. Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.

How to Turn Business Conflict into Scalable Success

Episode Summary Is office conflict a sign that your business is broken, or is it actually the key to scaling up? In this episode of Put Me In, Coach!, host Eugene Terk sits down with Dr. Craig Overmyer—Scaling Up coach, author, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). With nearly 20 years of coaching experience, Dr. Overmyer breaks down why "false harmony" holds leadership teams back and how embracing productive conflict can transform friction into clarity, underperformance into high execution, and team members into lifelong A-players. Plus, hear a real-world case study on how Crew Carwash used these exact principles to scale massively and earn a top spot on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list! Key Takeaways Productive Conflict vs. False Harmony: Why avoiding tough conversations creates cultural entropy, and how "in-the-moment" debate builds vulnerability-based trust. The 4-Step Method: How leaders can regain focus, craft a shared vision ("remember the future"), align the organization, and build execution habits. Problem-Focused vs. Solution-Focused: Why lighting up the brain with a positive vision is far more effective than litigating past mistakes. Cascading Culture Down: How to train frontline employees so that feedback feels like support rather than criticism. The CEO Litmus Test: The single question you can ask in your next meeting to instantly test your team’s psychological safety and alignment. Resources & Links Mentioned Visit Dr. Craig Overmyer's website: Cultures That Work Dr. Craig Overmyer's book: Accelerate Through Conflict Book Recommendation: Inside the Box Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.

Sparking, Scaling, and Sustaining Your Growing Business

When you first start a business, doing everything yourself is your ultimate superpower. But as you scale, that same habit becomes your single biggest liability. In this episode, host Eugene Terk is joined by UK business coach, author, and Scaling Up expert Phil Rose. Together, they dive into the emotional and operational hurdles that keep founders trapped in the weeds—and how to build a business that thrives without burning you out. In this episode, we cover: The "Chocolate Factory" Trap: Why letting go of control is an emotional hurdle rather than an intellectual one. Delegating Accountability vs. Responsibility: How to empower A-players so they take real ownership of key business functions. The 4-Color Time Audit: How to stop spending all your time in "Blue" (making money) and "Red" (admin), and start prioritizing "Black" (strategy) and "Green" (culture). Founder Health as a Business Metric: Why sacrificing your health, family, and sanity isn't a badge of honor—it's an operational bottleneck. Connect & Learn More: Phil Rose’s Website: Learn more about Phil’s coaching methodologies around Spark, Scale, and Sustain at Ignium Consult. Phil’s Book Recommendations: 📘 The Greater Game by Dan Sullivan 📘 The AI-Driven Leader by Jeff Woods 📘 How to Make a Billion in 9 Steps by Richard Harpin Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.

From Craftsman to CEO: How to Scale Your Construction Business

Are you running your business, or is your business running you? In this episode of Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Tim Winter—a seasoned custom homebuilder, general contractor, and founder of the RenderCo Network. Tim shares his pivotal journey from lying on his family room floor with a debilitating back injury to realizing his company couldn't depend solely on him to survive. He breaks down the most common traps trade contractors and business owners fall into—from mismanaging cash flow to neglecting personal health—and offers actionable strategies on how to delegate, build repeatable operating systems, and step into the role of a true CEO. 💡 Key Takeaways The "Craftsman Bottleneck": Why being great at your trade is often the biggest obstacle to growing a successful business. Cash Flow vs. Cash in the Bank: The #1 expensive lie business owners tell themselves about their financials. The "Owner's Health" Metric: Why personal well-being is consistently the lowest-scoring dimension for founders—and why self-leadership must come first. Clawing Back 5–10 Hours a Week: Practical areas to delegate immediately (selections, design, and software systems). The Power of Peer Cohorts: How peer accountability breaks industry isolation and drives faster problem-solving. 🔗 Resources & Links Mentioned 🌐 RenderCo Network: Evaluate your business by taking the assessment at RenderCo Network 📚 Recommended Reading: Leading Yourself by Mac Lake Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!

Putting the Person Before the Process to Successfully Scale Your Business

Before you can successfully implement a business operating system or scale a company, you have to understand the human behind the desk. In this episode of Put Me In Coach: I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Scaling Up coach Ross Polvara to discuss why the secret to organizational growth isn't just a checklist—it's deep, individual trust. Ross shares insights from his international journey from South Africa to the New York area, explaining how leaders can align their personal values with their company's trajectory, protect their "non-negotiables," and use behavioral assessments to spark meaningful breakthroughs. If you want to learn how to build a business you actually love leading, this conversation is for you. In this episode, we discuss: The Person Before the Process: Why the most impactful coaching conversations start with curiosity and connection rather than rigid methodology. Protecting Your Non-Negotiables: How staying true to your personal value system prevents you from accidentally scaling a company you end up hating. Agreement vs. Alignment: The crucial difference between a team simply saying "yes" and being truly aligned on the journey ahead. Using Data as a Mirror: How tools like DiSC and behavioral assessments are best used to spark self-reflection rather than just tracking scores. Leadership and Flexibility: Why a great coach views frameworks as a flexible toolbox rather than a dogmatic set of rules. Connect & Resources: Guest: Ross Polvara | Learn more at Unthinkable Group Book Recommendation: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius — a 2,000-year-old classic on mindset and leadership that every entrepreneur should read. Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!

Mastering the Four Pillars of Scale

🛑 If your company isn't growing, the problem might not be your strategy. It might be you. It’s a brutal truth: the single biggest bottleneck to an organization's growth is often the leader's inability to evolve alongside the business. You can have a flawless strategy and a mountain of cash, but if you don't have the right people executing the plan with relentless repeatability, your business is just spinning its wheels. 🔄 In this episode of Put Me In Coach, I’m Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with seasoned Scaling Up coach and Kennesaw State University strategy professor Zahir Ladhani to talk about what it actually takes to scale a business past the $5M, $10M, and $50M marks without the drama. 🎯 What We Unpack In This Episode: The "Four-Legged Stool" Trap: Why obsessing over just one pillar (People, Strategy, Execution, or Cash) will knock your business completely out of kilter. The Day-One Diagnostic: The exact process Zahir uses to look at a leadership team and immediately identify who will survive the scale-up phase—and who won't. Ideas are a Dime a Dozen: Why operational efficiency beats "brilliant ideas" every single day of the week. The Cash Illusion: When cash actually trumps everything else, and how to optimize your cash conversion cycle before it's too late. 🎙️ Featured Quote: "Strategy is great as long as somebody can execute it. And if you don’t have the right people to execute it, it’s useless." — Zahir Ladhani 🔗 Episode Links & Resources: Zahir's Coaching Firm: Connect with Zahir and learn how to align your team for massive growth at Velocity Strategic Consulting. Must-Read Strategy Article: Grab a copy of the classic article Zahir assigns to his executive MBA students to reread every single year: What is Strategy? by Michael Porter. Recommended Reading by Patrick Lencioni: Zahir highly recommends diving into Lencioni's realistic business fables to fix your team dynamics:The Five Dysfunctions of a Team The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode! 🚀

Finding Your "One Thing": How to Build a Differentiatingly Great Competitive Advantage

Is your business a "jack of all trades" but a master of none? The secret to massive growth isn't doing more—it's focusing on ONE thing. In this episode of Put Me In, Coach. I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Dave Ramos, author, business consultant, and founder of Shift Points. Dave drops some incredible, hard-hitting truths about why so many mid-sized companies hit a growth ceiling when leaders fall into the trap of saying "yes" to every opportunity, diluting their competitive advantage. Drawing from his framework, Dave breaks down how to transition away from scattered operations and build true, lasting market dominance. In this episode, you’ll discover: "Differentiatingly Great": Why it’s no longer enough to just be great at what you do. To truly scale, you must combine greatness with uniqueness so clients perceive you as the only viable option. The "Job One" Test: Can you fill in the blank with just one word? (e.g., "______ is job one.") If everything is a priority, then nothing is. The Executive Alignment Bottleneck: Why a misaligned leadership team will completely crush a company’s potential, and how to get everyone driving in one direction. Commitment Over "Strategy of the Month": Why the companies that successfully 2x, 5x, or 10x their revenue are the ones that pick their one thing and commit to it for a decade. Featured Resources & Links Connect with our Guest: Learn more about Dave’s practice and consulting services at shiftpoints.com. Dave's Featured Book Recommendation: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins. Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!

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