Strictly Business: Grow Your Business Without Expanding

Does growing your company necessarily mean making it bigger? It may seem so. But taking on more work and employees can hurt a business or place a business owner in a position where he or she no longer enjoys what the job has become. My own experience, growing from a crew of one to a crew of five, left me frustrated and dissatisfied. I had taken on more work and hired more help and subs. In the process, I removed my toolbelt and promoted myself to a management position in which I was miserable. I was running around, putting out fires, and dealing with material snags and personnel issues. I’d leave the site to take care of