467: Is Scope Creep Impacting Your Growth?

The BizChix Podcast: Female Entrepreneurs | Women Small Business | Biz Chix

Natalie Eckdahl

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever started to resent a client? Perhaps you accommodated a request and then regret it.

This is called scope creep and it can really impact how you grow and scale your business. But never fear, in this episode I coach you around how to handle these sometimes sticky situations whether they are new or have been going on for years.

And we are sharing our tried and true email scripts for navigating these sometimes difficult conversations.

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0:00.0	Have you ever started to resent a client? Perhaps you accommodated a request and then regret it when
0:08.5	you're in the middle of completing it? This is called scope creep and it can really impact how you
0:14.3	grow and skill your business. But never fear. In this episode, I coach you around how to handle these
0:20.2	sometimes sticky situations,
0:21.7	whether they are a new issue or have been going on for years. And we are sharing our tried and
0:28.3	true email scripts for navigating these sometimes difficult conversations.
0:36.4	Before we dive in, may I welcome you to the BizChicks podcast, which has been a free resource for women entrepreneurs since 2014.
0:45.8	I'm your host, Natalie Eckdal.
0:48.1	I'm a business strategist, former competitive swimmer, out-of-the-box thinker, author, speaker, mama, caregiver,
0:56.0	MBA, and CEO of BizChicks Inc. My passion is helping women's service entrepreneurs
1:04.0	grow and scale their businesses to first six figures in revenue and then six figures in profit.
1:10.0	We help you do this so that you can build
1:12.8	wealth, have a greater impact, and create more time for your VIPs. My VIPs are my husband Mark,
1:20.6	our three kids ages six to 19, and our two sibling, Bengal cats. I have a very full life
1:27.0	running a home family and this dream
1:29.3	business where my team and I coach and train high-performing women entrepreneurs from around the world.
1:35.3	May I encourage you to get as much help as you can afford at home and in your business.
1:42.3	And remember, just because you can do something does not mean
1:46.1	that you should. We've all been there. You are working for a client and they ask if you can
1:54.9	add this one thing to the plan or since you already have your hands in this one part of my
2:00.2	business, can you just do this
2:01.6	other thing too? You want to accommodate your client. You really like working for them, but then
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