Tips & Tools for Small to Mid-Sized Business Owners & Leaders March 2026 The Inspire Results newsletter is published monthly
How to Get the Right People Doing the Right Things—and Doing Things Right — in Your Small Business
If you’ve read Vern Harnish’s Scaling Up, you know one of his most powerful principles: growth accelerates when you have the right people doing the right things and doing things right.
It’s simple, but for most small business owners, this is the very place where things quietly start to unravel. Not because the owner isn’t committed, and not because the team doesn’t care, but because the daily pressure of running a business makes it hard to step back and evaluate whether the people side of the business is truly working.
At Inspire Results Business Coaching, we see this pattern every day. Business owners who come to us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated—not because the business lacks opportunity, but because the team isn’t aligned, accountable, or operating at the level the business needs. And the symptoms show up long before you realize the root cause.
Let’s look at the real pains that emerge when the right people aren’t doing the right things… and what you can do to fix it.
Pain #1 -- “Non‑Dreaming Mode”
One of our coaches uses a phrase that hits home for so many owners: Non‑dreaming mode.
This is the state you slip into when fear of failure starts running the show. You stop imagining what’s possible. You stop thinking big. You stop dreaming altogether.
Why does this happen?
Because you’re spending your energy compensating for people who aren’t performing, aren’t aligned, or aren’t taking ownership.
Read here for Pain #2 --Your team doesn’t understand where the business is going.
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