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EP 221 - From Chaos to Systems: When to Document Your Processes

EP 221 - From Chaos to Systems: When to Document Your Processes

Update: 2025-10-03
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If your plate is full, your team needs you on site all the time, and clients still want to work with YOU specifically - you're not scaling, you're stuck.

In this episode, I'm sharing exactly when and how to start documenting the processes that will take your business from chaotic growth to sustainable scaling.

This episode is for you if:

  • You're working alone but your plate is already full with clients
  • You have a small team but you're still involved in everything
  • Clients keep asking for you specifically (which feels good but limits growth)
  • You're thinking about hiring but don't know where to start with training

What we cover:

  • Why mission, vision, and values aren't just "nice to have" when you're scaling
  • The real story of how lack of processes cost a corporate team their reputation (and how proper systems saved a quarter million dollars)
  • Why "it's all in my head" stops working the moment you want to grow
  • How to turn your unique way of doing things into intellectual property
  • The one mistake that creates overwhelm: trying to document everything at once
  • My simple strategy for documenting processes without it becoming a massive project

Key takeaway:
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. You can have the best growth strategy in the world, but without documented processes and strong culture, your scaling will create chaos instead of success.

The businesses that scale sustainably don't wait until they're drowning to create systems - they document as they grow, one process at a time.

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EP 221 - From Chaos to Systems: When to Document Your Processes

EP 221 - From Chaos to Systems: When to Document Your Processes

Maggie Perotin