Episodes

The Hidden Growth Killer: A Stagnant Team
March 26, 2025

The Hidden Growth Killer: A Stagnant Team

​​When your leadership team can’t evolve with your business, scaling challenges become even harder to navigate. How do you know when it’s time to make tough decisions about key positions in your organization? In this episode,...
Scaling Smart: Avoiding Investor Fallout
March 19, 2025

Scaling Smart: Avoiding Investor Fallout

Trust is everything in leadership. Lose it, and investors won’t think twice about making a change. Maartje van Krieken takes a hard look at investor trust in scaling businesses as she breaks down why half of founder-CEOs don’...
Scaling Right: The Role of Brand Messaging
March 12, 2025

Scaling Right: The Role of Brand Messaging

Most businesses think they know why customers choose them until they realize they’ve been focusing on the wrong thing all along. Maartje van Krieken sits down with Orly Zeewy for a sharp, no-nonsense look at brand messaging s...
Delegation Done Right: Free Up 40% of Your Time Without Losing Control
March 5, 2025

Delegation Done Right: Free Up 40% of Your Time Without Losing Control

Most leaders could free up nearly half their workload but refuse to let go. Why is delegation so hard, and what’s the cost of holding on too tightly? Maartje van Krieken unpacks why so many leaders become the bottleneck in th...
Growing Pains: The Leadership Shift from Doing to Delegating
Feb. 26, 2025

Growing Pains: The Leadership Shift from Doing to Delegating

Scaling a business comes with big decisions, tough conversations, and the challenge of building a team that can grow with you. How do you know when it’s time to shift roles, implement structure, or step back so others can tak...
Avoiding the Fumble: How Leaders Can Make Smarter Calls in Chaos
Feb. 19, 2025

Avoiding the Fumble: How Leaders Can Make Smarter Calls in Chaos

Hesitation under pressure costs more than a bad decision. This season 2 kick-off episode of The Business Emergency Room unpacks how to make fast, confident calls when the stakes are high. When everything is unfolding fast, ho...
Season 2 Trailer
Feb. 14, 2025

Season 2 Trailer

Scaling a business isn’t just about strategy—it’s about navigating chaos, making fast but sound decisions, and keeping teams aligned under pressure. The Business Emergency Room helps leaders, founders, and decision-makers sha...