The Business Fix
The Business Fix
Josh Troche and Chrissy Myers
How CEOs Build Managers Who Actually Scale a Business
36 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 6:00 am.
Opening hook: “Growth is always good”… right?
Episode Hook – Leading Leaders
Why Scaling Businesses Struggle with Middle Management
The CEO Shift: From Chief Everything Officer to Visionary
The Empowerment Paradox & Letting Managers Fail
The “Nice Manager” Problem & The 3 C’s of Manager Courage
Becoming a “Manager of One” First
Leading by Exception (Stop Micromanaging)
Firefighters vs System Builders – The Operations Test
Leadership by Walking Around & Reading Culture Signals
The Most Important Question: “How Can I Help?”
Key Takeaways: Clarity, Consistency, Consequence & Foundation Check
Outro + HR Nightmare Episode Tease
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Send us Fan Mail As your business grows, something unexpected happens: you stop leading employees and start leading leaders. And if you’re not prepared for that shift, your company can quickly fall into what we call “Middle Management No-Man’s Land”—where vision gets lost, communication breaks down, and culture starts drifting. In this episode of The Business Fix Podcast, Josh and Chrissy tackle one of the biggest challenges business owners face as they scale: how to lead the people who lead ...