The Business Engine Podcast helps business owners build businesses that run smoothly, perform at their best, and don't depend on them every single day. Join Paula Burgess for practical strategies, real business stories, and actionable insights on systems, leadership, and operations to help you spend less time putting out fires and more time building a business, and a life - you love.
#11 - What Most People Get Wrong About Scaling Video
In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, Paula Burgess explores the difference between growing a business and truly scaling one — and why getting bigger doesn't necessarily mean getting better. Paula unpacks five common mistakes business owners make when trying to scale, including: ✓ Growing before the right systems and processes are in place ✓ Hiring too quickly without clear workflows and expectations ✓ Focusing on revenue without considering capacity ✓ Delegating tasks without empow...
12 Oct 2026
#10 Why Allied Health Clinics Burn Out (and What to Do About It) - video
You started your allied health clinic to help people, not to spend your evenings catching up on admin, managing staff issues and putting out fires. So why does running a successful clinic so often leave owners feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and burnt out? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, Paula explores why burnout is so common in allied health clinics and why the solution isn't simply working harder, managing your time better or hiring more people. It's about building a busines...
5 Oct 2026
# 9 Communicating Effectively with a Neurodivergent Team
Your team doesn't all think, process information or communicate in the same way. So why would you expect the same communication style to work for everyone? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, Paula explores how to communicate more effectively when leading a neurodivergent team and why clarity, flexibility and psychological safety matter for getting the best from your people. We unpack some of the common ways workplace communication can break down, from vague instructions and rap...
5 Oct 2026
#8 Are you the CEO of your business... or still doing everything inside it?
In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, Paula dives into the CEO Let-Go List: the tasks business owners need to stop doing if they want to scale without running themselves into the ground. From answering every email and managing your own calendar to approving every decision, solving every problem and micromanaging your team, Paula explores how holding onto the day-to-day work can turn you into the bottleneck in your own business. You'll hear 10 practical things you can start letting g...
21 Sept 2026
#7 From Operator to Owner: Shifting Your Identity as a Business Leader
From Operator to Owner: Shifting Your Identity as a Business Leader You built the business, wore all the hats and became the person everyone relied on. But what happens when being needed for everything becomes the very thing holding your business back? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, Paula explores the shift from operator to owner and why stepping away from the day-to-day isn't just about better systems or delegation. It also requires a change in how you see your role in the b...
14 Sept 2026
#6 Your Business Shouldn't Live in Your Head
Your Business Shouldn’t Live in Your Head If your business relies on you remembering everything, answering the same questions and constantly stepping in to keep things moving, you may not have a systems problem — you may have a dependency problem. In this episode of the Business Engine Podcast, Paula explores how to get processes out of your head and into simple, repeatable systems that actually work for you and your team. From knowing what to systemise and automate to why traditional approac...
7 Sept 2026
#5 Building a Business when Your Brain Works differently
What if the problem isn't that you're bad at business, but that you're trying to run your business using systems that simply don't work for the way your brain works? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, I'm talking about the realities of building and running a business when you're neurodivergent, whether that's ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or simply being someone who thinks and works differently. We explore some of the challenges neurodivergent business owners can experience, including ...
31 Aug 2026
#4 - You CAN Create a business that runs without you
Do you feel like you can't take a full day off without something in your business stopping, going wrong, or needing your input? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, we're tackling one of the biggest traps business owners fall into: believing that "if I want it done right, I have to do it myself." The problem is, when everything depends on your time, energy and decisions, you quickly become the bottleneck in your own business. I break down the four key building blocks of a business ...
24 Aug 2026
#3 Building a Business That Doesn't Depend on You
Episode 3: Build a Business That Doesn’t Depend on You (People, Processes & Tech) Paula Burgess, founder of Beyond the Maze, welcomes listeners to Episode 3 of The Business Engine and explores how to build a business that doesn’t depend on the owner. She asks whether the business needs you personally or just the role you currently perform, and explains that freedom comes from choosing to be in the business rather than having to be there. Paula describes how owners often becom...
18 Aug 2026
#2 - When Your Business Starts Running You
Have you ever wondered when the business you created to give yourself more freedom somehow became the thing controlling your life? In this episode of The Business Engine Podcast, I talk about something many business owners experience as they grow, the point where you become the safety net for everything. Every question, client issue, team problem and decision eventually finds its way back to you. I share some of my own experiences building Beyond the Maze and the lessons I've learnt about gro...
10 Aug 2026
# 1 - The Business I Never Planned to Build
Welcome to the very first episode of The Business Engine Podcast. In this episode, I share the story behind my journey, from my early career and the unexpected path that led me to founding Beyond the Maze, to the lessons I've learned helping business owners navigate the daily challenges of running and growing a business. You'll hear why I believe so many business owners become trapped working in their business instead of on it, and how that realisation shaped the work I do today. I also talk ...
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