EP #39 – Why You Can’t Grow Your Business Alone w/ Alison Warner

by | Oct 7, 2025

Business Tips

Overview

Are you a gas engineer who feels stuck, trapped in a business that runs you instead of the other way around?

In this episode of the FieldRocket Podcast, host Tulloch Priest sits down with Alison Warner, founder of Evolve and Grow Coaching (‪@evolvegrow5366‬) to reveal the common mistakes people make and the exact strategies you need to build a solid foundation for sustainable growth.

Highlights

Do you need a business coach?
  • (1:05) Businesses benefit massively from coaches to scale and stay on track.
  • (2:15) Growth needs to come sustainably.
  • (3:20) Alison tells the story of an air conditioning company that was a ‘dealmaker’, but not good at the admin side of things.
  • (5:15) With the right people and systems in place, your company can grow incredibly quickly.
  • (6:30) If you want to grow your business, you need to be willing to let go and run it as a director, not a sole trader.
  • (8:15) With talent, you often pay for what you get. It’s an investment in your business.
  • (10:20) The business leader is a lid to the business (the business is a reflection of yourself).
Hiring employees
  • (13:05) Recruitment is an important process that a lot of business owners skip. A proper recruitment campaign will help you find better employees.
  • (15:20) Standards need to be kept. Talk to your employees, don’t leave things to get worse.
  • (20:04) You need to know the right style of marketing for yourself and your business.
    • Alison tells the story of a construction company based in Kent who were amazing at their profession, but wasn’t showcasing or taking advantage of their position through their website or social media.
  • (22:35) Don’t try to do everything yourself and be an expert at every element of your business.
  • (23:25) Sole traders will have to do everything initially, but the goal is to slowly delegate parts of the business you don’t enjoy and aren’t as good at.
  • (24:25) You should build your business in a certain order: 1. Vision 2. Numbers 3. Systems 4. Marketing & Sales