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074 | 3 Business Systems That Secretly Sabotage Female Founders and How To Break Free

Dawn Andrews Season 2 Episode 74

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Every founder is running systems even if they’re chaos.

In this episode, I’m naming the three hidden systems that high-achieving women accidentally build that lead to bottlenecks, burnout, and stalled growth. These are the survival systems that got your business off the ground… but now they’re costing you time, clarity, and peace.

If your calendar is full, your team depends on you for everything, or you're constantly rewriting what others create, this one’s for you.

In this episode, you’ll learn…

  • The 3 toxic system archetypes: The Hero, The Hoarder, and The Ghostwriter
  • How each system shows up, what it’s really costing you, and the emotional truth underneath it
  • Tactical solutions: delegation frameworks, AI decision trees, SOPs, and brand voice guides that actually work

This episode at a glance:

[1:54] - I wasn’t just in a broken system. I was the broken system.

[14:35] - The hero needs to stop solving everything and start documenting decisions.”

[15:42] - You are not broken but your systems might be. And when you change the system, everything changes.

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