The Real Reason Your ABA Practice Isn’t Growing: You’re the Bottleneck

The Real Reason Your ABA Practice Isn’t Growing: You’re the Bottleneck

Intro: It Feels Like Leadership — But It’s Actually the Problem

You’re in the loop on everything. You approve the schedules. You answer the staff questions. You double-check the billing. You review every form before it’s sent. You catch every mistake before it goes out.

You’re involved — and that feels like good leadership.
But if everything runs through you, the business doesn’t have a system. It has a bottleneck. And it’s you.

If your business falls apart the second you take a step back, ask yourself — is that leadership… or just survival?

When Everything Depends on You, Nothing Can Grow Without You

The more decisions flow through you, the more limited your business becomes.

• You can’t take a vacation.

• You can’t get sick.

• You can’t grow — because there’s no one to handle growth.

This isn’t about being too helpful. It’s about being too central.
When your team can’t move without your input…

They’re not supported — they’re dependent.
And that dependence means you become the ceiling.

Not because you’re doing a bad job —
But because no one else has the structure to do theirs without you.

Your Business Is Waiting on You (And That’s the Problem)

When you’re the only one who can:

• Make a decision

• Approve the next step

• Catch the error

• Resolve the issue

…then the business is constantly waiting.
It doesn’t matter how talented your team is —
If they have to stop and check with you, everything slows down.

And that’s when things start to break:

• You become overwhelmed

• Deadlines are missed

• Opportunities pass

• Team members feel stuck

Your best team members lose momentum. Some burn out. Others leave. And you're left wondering why you’re still the one staying late—again.

This isn’t a people problem — it’s a structure problem.
And structure is your way out.

How to Step Out Without Losing Control

If you want to lead, you need to design the business to operate without you.
Here’s how:

Foundation → Structure → Systems

• Define what roles need to exist — and what they own

• Create documentation that holds your knowledge

• Assign ownership so people can make decisions

• Set expectations that don’t rely on your availability

This isn’t about disappearing. It’s about creating independence with accountability.
When the business doesn’t depend on you, you can finally lead it.

Members who commit just 4 hours a week to this shift are seeing total turnarounds in as little as 3 months.

You’re Not the System — You’re the Visionary

You didn’t start this to be a traffic jam.
You started it to lead — with clarity, purpose, and vision.

Inside the eBCBA™ Odyssey, we help you step out of the weeds and into real leadership — by building the structure, systems, and ownership that carry your business forward without bottlenecking around you.

The longer you stay the bottleneck, the more your business—and life—stay stuck.
Click here to join the eBCBA™ Odyssey and reclaim your role as the visionary leader you’re meant to be.