You’re Not Stuck — You’re Under-Resourced: Why Strategic Relationships Are the Secret to Scaling with Sanity
Most high-caliber women I meet running mid-six to seven figure companies aren’t stuck because of bad strategy.
You’re stuck because you’re trying to scale from a relational deficit. This doesn’t mean joining another women’s network, or having more conversations at homogenous networking events.
I’m talking about high-trust, high-caliber relationships that actively move your business forward, with strategically chosen women at and above your level.
The kind of deep relationships that make you say:
"I can text her today, and she’ll tell me the truth I didn’t want to hear, and really needed to know!"
This is a must-have strategic advantage. And it’s one of the clearest differences between women who stall under various ceilings of growth and those who right-scale their companies with more meaning and without self-sacrifice.
If You’re the Bottleneck, It’s Time for a Better Room
When your business lives inside your head, it bottlenecks with you.
- When you’re tired, your team feels it.
- When you hesitate, growth stalls.
- When you’re over-capacity, everything slows down.
You’ve powered through before. But that only works for so long.
At this level, muscling through starts to cost more than it returns.
You need a trusted circle at your level that helps you move faster, smarter, and with way less weight on your shoulders.
You Need Strategic Depth that Comes from Being Part of Fewer Rooms
Pause for a second and ask yourself:
- How many business networking groups or communities are you part of right now?
- How many do you engage with regularly (weekly or monthly)?
- And most importantly… how many of the relationships you’ve built within these groups actually help you solve problems, hit revenue goals, and make decisions that matter? While also contributing to you emotionally?
If you’re already part of several communities—here’s the deeper question:
Are you truly diving into the one or two ‘right rooms’ that are designed to support your growth at your stage of business?
Inside The Dames, depth is palpable to those who dive in. Strategic feedback is given generously. Holistic reciprocity is available. But are you asking for it with intention?
Are you participating in the rooms to ask for clarity, solve problems, and let yourself be supported by peers who get you to your core (because they’re facing similar challenges in life and business?)
Too often, high-performing women stay in surface-level connection-mode, even within brilliant communities, because vulnerability feels challenging. But that’s a topic for another day.
Here’s the truth:
Strategic depth is emotional, operational, and important!
Building bonding social capital (the kind built through trust, consistency, and shared growth) directly impacts:
- Revenue
- Decision speed
- Team clarity
- Emotional capacity
And it doesn’t come from more exposure to more rooms of people, it comes from more intention.
Fewer rooms.
Deeper roots.
Clearer asks.
Bolder conversations.
If you’re in The Dames, you already have access to one of the most high-caliber ecosystems for growth. If you are part of other women’s networks, you may also have access to high-caliber connections.
The real question is: are you participating enough and letting them support you fully?
Too often, I see women leading incredible businesses with:
- Supportive connections that don’t create traction
- Professional networks that don’t feel emotionally safe
- Relationships that are “friendly” but not functional or transformational
You need bonding social capital - trust, consistency, and strategic reciprocity that helps you scale.
And no, it doesn’t come from another one-off event.
It comes from structured proximity over time.
What High-Growth Women Like You Actually Need
You need the right room with less hustle. Here’s what that looks like:
- Revenue-aligned conversations.
At $100K, you don’t need the beginner’s blueprint. You need to collaborate with others at similar stages of business to get stuff done that brings you to your next level.
At $500K, you don’t need early-stage scaling advice. You need expert and peer-level input on hiring, capacity, energy, and scaling complexity. - Strategic depth, not small talk.
Start with:
“What’s the most fragile part of what you’re scaling right now?”
and see how fast things get real.
- Repeated touchpoints.
You’re not bad at networking or building community. You’re likely understructured.
Consider purchasing and using this AI Follow Up Online Course: https://www.thedames.co/aifollowup
And show up in the same room, consistently. You’ll build trust and traction through commitment, visibility, and consistency. - Clarity, accountability, and velocity.
When you’re seen and challenged, you stop circling and start deciding.
What You Can Do Now
If you’re circling the same questions from last quarter…
If you’re running a strong company but carrying too much of it alone…
If you’re tired of being the only one who gets it...
Then it’s time to stop sampling support and start surrounding yourself with the right strategic circle.
Apply to join The Dames and explore our versatile membership curated specifically for the needs, wants, and desires of women sustainably growing 6, 7 and 8-figure companies.
Because your next level can come with more perspective, more partnership, and more ease.
You’re not meant to white-knuckle your way to seven figures.
You’re meant to build it with women who actually get it—and have your back while you do.
