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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- Email: jonathan@scaleupgrowth.co
Episodes
144 episodes
CEO Playbook Ep 18: Why Culture Is Your CEO Superpower
Most CEOs scale stress. The smart ones scale clarity, culture, and control.In this episode, Jonathan Herps unpacks how Helder Klemp, founder of DNX Solutions, reshaped the future of his business, not by chasing numbe...
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CEO Playbook Ep 17: What Every CEO Needs to Hear Before Planning the Year Ahead
Anyone can fill out an annual plan. But if you want to scale, you need a leadership strategy that actually moves the needle.This episode isn’t about filling out a worksheet. It’s about getting real with yourself as a...
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Ep 126: How To Untangle the Real Blockers in Your Business with Myles Henaghan
You’re not lazy and you’re not doing it wrong. You’re just scaling on top of a system that’s already tangled, and this episode shows you exactly where to look and what to fix.In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Myles Henag...
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CEO Playbook Ep 16: Why the CEO’s Real Job Is Talent Strategy
people in your team. If you're still tolerating average performers, avoiding tough conversations, or hoping culture will fix itself, this conversation is your wake-up call.In this episode, Jonathan Herps walks through a practic...
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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 do...
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Ep 125: How One CEO Got Out of the Day-to-Day and Scaled a Smarter Business with Antony Dutton
If you’re tired of doing everything yourself, stuck in decision loops, and feel like real growth is always just out of reach, this conversation will hit home. Antony Dutton took over a business he knew nothing about, built rock-soli...
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CEO Playbook Ep 14: Break Free from the CEO Bottleneck Trap
What if the reason you're stuck isn't a strategy problem, but a structure one?In this episode, Jonathan shares Helder’s powerful transformation, from overwhelmed founder to hands-off CEO of a wildly profitable, self-managing business.
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Ep 124: Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Start Scaling with Focus with Daniel McDuall
You don’t need more hustle. You need fewer distractions, deeper focus, and the courage to back yourself before the path is clear. In this episode, you’ll hear how one founder broke through the chaos, built momentum from ze...
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CEO Playbook Ep 13: Start Leading With Metrics That Create Your Future
If you’re still making decisions based on monthly reports, you’re already too late. In this episode, Jonathan reveals how leading CEOs get ahead by focusing on the right metrics that shape the future, not just report the p...
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CEO Playbook Ep 12: How CEOs Build Teams That Do the Heavy Lifting
Scaling a business isn’t about working harder. It’s about working smarter — by focusing your time on what actually drives growth.In this episode, Jonathan Herps reveals the overlooked leadership habit that’s holding most founde...
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CEO Playbook Ep 11: Scale Smarter by Tracking What Actually Matters
Most frustrated founders are chasing the wrong numbers. They're buried in dashboards, juggling KPIs, and wondering why growth still feels like a grind. In this episode, you’ll learn how seasoned CEOs scale faster by simpli...
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Ep 123: Flexible Growth Secrets Most Business Owners Learn Too Late with Renee Francis
Most business owners don’t hit a ceiling because they lack drive, they hit it because the old playbook no longer works.In this episode, Renee Francis, founder of The Bubble Co. and Take3, shares her brutally honest journey from...
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CEO Playbook Ep10: The Leadership Framework That Solves People Problems and Scales Performance
If your company is hitting a growth ceiling, it’s probably not your strategy. It’s more than likely your team.Maybe you’ve outgrown certain players. Maybe your systems aren’t giving you the clarity to lead decisively. Either wa...
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14:52
CEO Playbook Ep 9: The Quarterly Habit That Builds High-Performance Teams
Most leaders don’t realise they’re holding onto the wrong people until it’s costing them growth. In this episode, Jonathan breaks down a simple, no-fluff method for figuring out whether your team is built to scale, or if t...
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CEO Playbook Ep 8: How To Stop Hiring the Wrong People and Finally Build a Team That Delivers
You don’t lose sleep over strategy. You lose sleep over your team.You’ve got the vision, the drive, the plan and yet your days are hijacked by people problems, dropped balls, and the exhausting loop of managing dysfunction. If ...
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Stop Running Your Business and Start Leading It
If your business can’t run without you, it’s not a business. It’s a job in disguise. You see, scaling stops the moment you become the bottleneck.In this solo episode, Jonathan Herps takes us inside his own journey. From command...
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7:23
CEO Playbook Ep 6: Why Great Leaders Listen More Than They Speak
There are moments in business where someone says the quiet part out loud, and everything shifts. Jonathan Herps shares the behind-the-scenes of the Ritz Carlton, a company that scaled fast, learned faster, and is still evo...
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12:27
How Resilient Leaders Win in Tough Markets with Nathan Wardell
Scaling isn’t all about having the perfect plan. It’s also about staying steady when nothing goes to plan.In this conversation, I sit down with Nathan Wardell, the third-generation business leader behind Packserv, one of Austra...
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30:36
CEO Playbook Ep 1: How CEOs Can Get Out of the Weeds and Back to Leading
Many people assume CEOs are living the dream. Power, high salaries, and total freedom. But behind the scenes, it’s a different story. There’s constant pressure, isolation, and nonstop decision-making.In this episode...
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10:34
The Hardest Part of Scaling? Getting Out of Your Own Way, with Jon Hui
Growing a business is more than just focusing on the numbers. It’s about having the right mindset, the strategy, and the resilience to keep pushing forward.In this episode, Jonathan Herps sits down with Jon Hui, Founder a...
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42:56
CEO Playbook Ep 7: How One CEO’s Vivid Vision Transformed a Business By Hitting Every Ambitious Goal in Just Three Years
Success in business isn’t just about setting goals. It’s about crafting a vision so compelling that your entire organisation rallies behind it. In this episode of Stories of Scale, Jonathan Herps breaks down the strategy b...
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15:54
The Leadership Mindset for Scaling a Thriving Business with Helder Klemp
Scaling a business isn’t just about rapid growth. It’s about creating a strong foundation, making strategic decisions, and assembling the right team to sustain long-term success.In this episode, Jonathan Herps is joined by Held...
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Episode 119
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35:24
CEO Playbook Ep 5: The Three Priorities of a CEO That Drive Growth, and Eliminate Overwhelm
Running a company isn’t about wearing all the hats. It’s about knowing which critical areas demand your focus, and what needs to be delegated to others. In this episode, Jonathan Herps breaks down the CEO Triad and explain...
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9:46
CEO Playbook Ep 4: Why Great CEOs Succeed by Asking Who, Not How
Success in business isn’t about doing everything yourself. It’s about knowing who to trust with the right tasks. In this episode, Jonathan Herps explores a game-changing mindset shift that helps CEOs and business leaders e...
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7:48
Leadership Insights on Growth, Agility, and Building a Resilient Business with Brad Krauskopf
Scaling a business isn’t all about growth and expansion. It’s also about making the right moves at the right time. Whether it's navigating unpredictable markets, refining leadership strategies, or building a resilient company culture, successfu...
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Episode 118
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