If you got half your time back, could you double the business?
You’ve built a business. You’ve got good people.
Yet too much still comes back to you.
For business owners and co-owners with a team of five or more.
Start nowTake a moment to think about your business.
Where does the business still depend on you?
If you stepped away for a few weeks, what would slow down, stop, or wait until you came back?
Where is your involvement genuinely valuable?
Which parts of your role need your judgement, experience and relationships?
Where is it merely habit?
Which decisions keep coming back because everyone has learnt that you’ll take care of them?
What would you do with more of your time back?
A weekend without checking your phone.
Time with the people you want to be with, without keeping one eye on what’s happening at work.
Time to work on the next opportunity.
Room to think, explore an idea and work on where you want to take the business next.
A few weeks away without every decision following you.
A proper break, with your people able to keep things moving while you’re away.
Which of these would make the biggest difference to you?
From a business that needs you to one you choose how to lead.
The four stages show how your role changes as your people take more responsibility, from keeping things moving yourself to choosing where your involvement adds value.
Where is your business today?
How much still needs you to keep moving? These four stages describe how responsibility sits in your business today.
Owner-driven
Too much waits for you. Decisions, relationships and day-to-day work rely on you being there.
Owner-led
You set the direction. Your people take more responsibility, but important decisions still come back to you.
Management-led
Your management team runs the day-to-day business and has the authority to make agreed decisions.
Owner-independent
The business can keep running without you. The involvement you keep is deliberate, rather than needed to hold everything together.
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Your diagnostic includes
Your personalised report
I’ll use your answers to prepare a report on where the business still needs you, and what’s keeping it that way.
- Where the business still depends on you. Your answers, statement by statement, and what that pattern tells us.
- What keeps it coming back to you. What’s holding the responsibility with you, and what would need to change.
- What we need to talk about. Where your answers pull against each other and the questions worth asking.
- What you’ve already built. The strengths to keep, including the involvement that should stay with you on purpose.
Your meeting with Chris
Then you and I sit down for an hour and unpack it together.
- What’s going on? We’ll work through what the report shows and how that plays out in your business.
- Why does it keep coming back? We’ll look at what’s missing before you try handing it over again.
- What needs to change first? Some changes make the next one easier. Some things should stay where they are.
- What will you do next? A practical first move, based on what your report and our conversation bring to light.
From your answers
To your first move
Tell me how things work today
After purchasing, you’ll work through 49 statements in the diagnostic about what actually happens in your business.
Allow about 20 minutesBook a time with Chris
Once you’ve completed the questionnaire, book your one-to-one session.
After completing your diagnosticReview your personalised report
I’ll prepare your personalised report and send it the day before we meet. Take some time to read it and think.
Delivered the day before your sessionWork through it with Chris
We’ll spend 60 minutes making sense of the findings and deciding what needs to change first.
60 minutesOne-on-one Zoom sessionMake your first move
Leave with your practical first move, ready to put into practice.
Ready to put into practice
You don’t need to have it all worked out.
You know your business. You know which decisions wait for you, which calls always come to you, and what lands back on your desk.
Start by telling me how things work today. The diagnostic takes about 20 minutes. I’ll prepare your personalised report, then you and I will spend an hour working through it together.
$495 plus GST
- Your diagnostic49 statements about how your business works today.
- Your personalised written reportDelivered the day before your session.
- 60 minutes with ChrisA one-to-one Zoom session to work through your findings.
- Your practical first moveA clear next action for you and your business.
If you’re unsure whether it fits your situation, get in touch before purchasing.
Who this is for.
This could be a good fit for you.
- An owner of a family or privately held business, whether you’re the founder or the next generation
- Somewhere between five and one hundred people
- Ready to grow, but without more hours of your own to give
- Thinking about a sale, succession or a conversation with the bank in the next few years
- Open to seeing which of your own habits might be holding things back
It may be better to wait.
- A sole operator or a team of two. There may not be someone to share the responsibility with yet
- Looking for a report on its own. The conversation with Chris is an important part of this
- Working through a cash crisis. Give that your attention first, then come back
- Looking for a valuation. This measures how much the business depends on you, rather than its price
A few things you might be wondering.
Is this about taking me out of my business?
No. Some parts of the business benefit from your involvement, and some are work you want to keep. The aim is to give you more choice, so you can focus on those things without being needed everywhere else.
How long does the questionnaire take?
Allow about 20 minutes for the 49 statements. Give yourself enough space to answer honestly and think about how things happen in practice.
Will I get a report straight away?
I review your answers and prepare your report before our session. This gives us something specific to work through together.
How long is the session?
60 minutes, one to one with Chris on Zoom. We focus on what the findings mean and the first practical move for your business.
Do I have to join a program afterwards?
The diagnostic is a standalone offer. If further support would be useful, we can discuss it during the session.
You’ve put yearsinto your business.Make the next chapterwork for you.
You don’t have to leave the business behind to do things differently. Let’s look at what you want to keep, what you’re ready to change, and what that next chapter could look like.
Take the first step