EP91 The Success Trap: How Entrepreneurs Scale Without Losing Their Life with Allison Maslan

What happens when the business you built starts running you?

In this episode of The Mike Method, Mike Desjardins sits down with entrepreneur, author, and Pinnacle Global Network CEO Allison Maslan for a candid conversation about the success trap many founders quietly experience. Allison shares the shocking wake up call that forced her to rethink everything after literally running herself over with her own car, and how that moment became the turning point that changed the way she approached leadership, scale, and life.

With 40 years of entrepreneurial experience and 10 companies built, Allison has helped more than 150,000 founders and leadership teams scale their businesses without becoming trapped inside them. Together, Mike and Allison explore why growth alone does not create freedom, how founders become the bottleneck without realizing it, and what it actually takes to evolve from being the hero or octopus leader into a visionary CEO.

They also unpack Allison’s five phases of scaling, seeker, pioneer, ringleader, co-creator, and visionary, and explain why delegation so often fails when leaders are not clear on outcomes, ownership, and metrics.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why so many entrepreneurs feel trapped by the very success they worked to create

• The difference between the hero, the octopus, and the visionary CEO

• Allison’s five phases of scaling and how to identify where you are now

• Why delegation breaks down when leaders are unclear on success metrics

• How to build a founder independent company that creates more freedom and enterprise value

• Why enjoying the journey matters just as much as reaching the goal

Episode Resources:

• Download Allison Maslan’s Operational Scalability ebook
• Learn more about Pinnacle Global Network
• Get Allison’s book Scale or Fail
• Listen to the Scale It Method Podcast

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