Framework · two minutes
The one-month test.
The question I ask of every company I run: if I disappeared for a month, what would stop? Whatever stops is a key-person risk, and it gets rebuilt first. Go through the eight areas below for your own business.
- Sales
New enquiries are answered and followed up without me.
- Delivery
Work leaves the building at the right standard without me checking it.
- Money
Invoices go out and late payments get chased without me.
- Reporting
The weekly numbers arrive without anyone building the report by hand.
- Compliance
Regulatory and legal deadlines are tracked and met without me remembering them.
- Hiring
Someone other than me can run a hire from advert to first day.
- Decisions
The team knows which decisions are theirs, and makes them.
- Relationships
Key clients and partners trust more than one person here.
Answer all eight honestly. 0 of 8 done.
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