Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps
Hi, I'm Jonathan Herps. If you're a business owner, CEO, or senior leader looking to scale your business, you're in the right place.
Here, we go beyond generic business advice.
I share proven strategies, practical tools, and real-world insights that help you build a self-managing, scalable, and profitable business.
But it's not just about the business—it's about you as the leader. Because the success of your business is a direct reflection of your growth.
On this channel, you can expect:
- Growth Strategies: Learn how to scale revenue, profits, and impact.
- Leadership Development: Discover the habits and mindset shifts that make great CEOs.
- Team & Culture: Build a high-performing, accountable leadership team that doesn't rely on you for every decision.
- Systems & Processes: Understand how to streamline operations for predictable, consistent growth.
I’ve been fortunate to mentor and coach 100s of CEOs across many industries and geographies, helping them overcome growth plateaus, build high-performing teams, and achieve more freedom in their business and personal lives. My mission is to help you do the same.
Ready to scale up? Hit subscribe and join me for actionable insights that can help you lead with confidence, grow with intention, and create a business that serves your life, not the other way around.
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Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps
CEO Playbook Ep 15: You Can’t Scale What You Can’t Structure
If your calendar looks like a game of Tetris, you're not running your business. It's running you.
In this episode, Jonathan gets brutally honest about a hard truth that most CEOs don’t want to admit: your calendar is a mirror. And what does it reflect? That’s what’s either scaling your business or strangling it.
You’ll hear the story of Jane, a sharp agency founder who went from 70-hour weeks and pure chaos to real leadership clarity after one game-changing shift.
This isn’t about productivity hacks. It’s about the one leadership structure that separates scattered founders from strategic CEOs.
In this episode of Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps, you’ll discover:
- Why your calendar is the clearest reflection of your leadership (00:01)
- How a lack of structure creates bottlenecks, weakens delegation, and keeps CEOs trapped in execution instead of strategy (01:28)
- A simple, actionable framework that unlocks 8–12 hours a week and builds space for deep work, strategy, and scaling (02:04)
Key takeaways for CEOs and business owners:
- Your calendar is a mirror. If there’s no time to lead, your business can’t grow.
- Most CEOs aren’t out of time. They’re out of structure.
- Reclaiming just a few hours of strategic time each week can unlock exponential results.
- Leadership lives in deep work, delegation, and deliberate thinking time, not back-to-back meetings.
- A self-managing business starts with a calendar that reflects clarity, not chaos.
No fluff, no gimmicks. Just a sharp lens on what’s really holding most business owners back (and what you can do about it).
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