Growing Pains: Common Growth Mistakes to Avoid

AHC is celebrating entrepreneurs with practical, bite-size workshops—don’t miss it! Expect door prizes, coffee & pastries, an experienced speaker, and time for networking with fellow business owners.

Growth is exciting—but it can also be dangerous. Many business owners pursue expansion at all costs, without building a sustainable foundation, leading to cash flow crises, team burnout, and systems that break under pressure. This session reveals the most common—and costly—mistakes businesses make during growth phases, and how to avoid them.

In this talk, you'll learn:

• Scaling Too Fast Without Systems: Why growing revenue without operational infrastructure creates chaos and why your early success habits can become your biggest constraints
• The Cash Flow Trap: How rapid growth can actually K*ll profitable businesses, and the financial metrics every owner must monitor during expansion
• Hiring for Today, Not Tomorrow: Common mistakes in building teams during growth— how a little planning now can save you a big restructure later.
• Losing Focus on What Got You Here: The danger of chasing every opportunity and abandoning your core strengths during growth phases
• Neglecting Culture and Communication: Why the informal systems that worked at 5 employees falls apart at 25,
• The Owner as Bottleneck: Failing to delegate, document, and develop leaders—keeping yourself at the center of every decision as the business expands

You'll walk away with: A clear checklist of warning signs, practical strategies to avoid these pitfalls, and actionable steps to build a foundation for sustainable, profitable growth.

About the Presenter: Jeff McLarty

Jeff is a certified business coach and entrepreneur with 20+ years building, scaling, and exiting companies. Founder of FocalPoint Business Training Edmonton, he helps owners tackle growth and operations. His background spans COO of a hydrogen hybrid drone startup (UK), scaling a retail team from 3 to 25, and leading the United Way of Southern Alberta. Jeff speaks on scaling, value propositions, and time management.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-mclarty-yeg

https://www.focalpointedmonton.com

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