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Your processes made sense when you were smaller
The signs your team has outgrown its processes and what to do about it before it starts costing you.
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👋 Welcome back to All Things Remote: weekly tips for building a better remote team.
Most remote teams don't outgrow their processes overnight. It happens slowly, and by the time everyone notices, it's already slowing the whole team down.
In today's send:
✅ The signs your processes have stopped working
✅ Why this happens (and why it's not anyone's fault)
✅ How to fix it without overhauling everything at once
But first…
How would you describe your team's current processes? |
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Why do processes stop working
A process that works perfectly for a team of 5 will start to creak at 15 and quietly fall apart at 30…
It's not that anyone did anything wrong.
It's that processes are built for the team that exists at the time, not the team you're growing into.
The problem is that most founders don't notice until it’s too late…
Decisions taking longer than they should.
The same questions coming up on repeat.
Things are falling through the cracks that never used to.
By the time it's obvious, it's already been a problem for a while.
The signs to look out for…