The She Who Scales Podcast
She Who Scales is a podcast for female expert founders building modern businesses around their expertise, ideas and intellectual property.
Hosted by Mia Poulsen, the podcast explores sustainable business growth through the lens of business architecture, thought leadership, scalable offers and founder psychology.
Each episode dives into the realities of building a business as a consultant, coach, advisor, therapist, educator or course creator — without relying on hustle culture, constant visibility or overcomplicated strategies.
Topics include:
- scalable business models
- client flow & sales systems
- thought leadership marketing
- founder bottlenecks
- positioning & messaging
- sustainable growth
- business systems
- scaling without burnout
This is a space for women who want to build businesses with more clarity, stronger structure and calmer growth.
Because scaling should not require sacrificing your nervous system, your life or your long-term vision.
New episodes drop every 2. week.
The She Who Scales Podcast
Transformational leadership part 4: Managing vs Leading: The Revenue Plateau Explained
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In this episode, we explore the difference between transactional and transformational leadership, originally introduced by political scientist James MacGregor Burns and later expanded by psychologist Bernard Bass.
You’ll learn:
• Why transactional thinking creates effort but not necessarily expansion
• How founders unknowingly cap their own revenue
• The difference between managing numbers and developing capacity
• Why scaling requires leadership development — not more tactics
If your revenue has plateaued despite working harder, this episode will help you see whether the issue is effort… or leadership level.