Here’s a question that will tell you everything about your business:
“If you took a two-week vacation tomorrow, what would fall apart?”
Be honest. No cheating.
Would clients notice you were gone? Would projects stall? Would your team be texting you from the beach?
If you don’t like your answers, you’ve built a company that needs you instead of a company that serves you.
I worked with a founder who couldn’t take a single day off without his phone exploding. Smart guy. Great business. Terrible operations.
He was the human operating system. Every decision flowed through him. Every problem landed on his desk. Every opportunity required his approval.
The business was successful, but he was trapped inside it.
We spent 90 days building founder independence. Clear processes. Decision rights. Communication rhythms. Early warning systems.
Three months later, he took his first real vacation in five years. The business not only survived, it thrived. His team stepped up because they finally could.
The difference between a job and a business? A business works without you.
That doesn’t mean you’re not important. It means you’re important for the right things. Strategy. Vision. Growth. Innovation.
Not approving expense reports and fixing broken workflows.
This week, take the two-week test. Write down everything that would break if you disappeared. That’s your operations to-do list.
If your list is longer than you’d like, let’s fix it. I help founders build businesses that run without them so they can focus on what actually creates value.
Scale without the chaos.
Lloyd
PS – We’ll design your path to founder independence. Let’s chat.
