• Are You The Bottleneck?

    If you stepped away for a week, would your business run or stall?

  • You built this business for freedom. Somewhere along the way, it started running on you instead of systems.

  • This takes less than 3 minutes. You'll see exactly where your business depends on you and what that's costing you.

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  • Score each statement from 1 to 5.

    1 = Always
    3 = Sometimes
    5 = Never

    Answer instinctively. Don't overthink it.

  • You're almost done. 

    Click "Show My Results" to see your Owner Dependence Score.

  • Your Owner Dependence Score

  • RED ZONE (8–16)

    Your business runs on you, not structure.

    Every decision, every problem, every day runs through you.
    That keeps things moving, but it caps growth and drains capacity.

    If you step away, things don’t slow. They stop.

    • Growth relies on your availability
    • Your team stays dependent
    • The business is harder to scale or sell

    This doesn’t correct itself. It compounds.

    This isn’t about working harder or hiring more people.

    It’s about fixing:

    • Where decisions get stuck
    • Where ownership is unclear
    • Where systems don’t carry the load

     

    Your Next Step

    We identify where your business depends on you, what to fix first, and how to remove it.


    Schedule Your Assessment

     

  • YELLOW ZONE (17–28)

    You’ve built structure, but it still depends on you.

    The business works, but only because you're holding it together.
    Decisions still route back to you. Progress slows without you.

    There is real value here, but it’s not fully realized yet.

    • Growth relies on your availability
    • Your team stays dependent
    • The business is harder to scale or sell

    This doesn’t correct itself. It compounds.

    This isn’t about working harder or hiring more people.

    It’s about fixing:

    • Where decisions get stuck
    • Where ownership is unclear
    • Where systems don’t carry the load

     

    Your Next Step

    We identify where your business depends on you, what to fix first, and how to remove it.


    Schedule Your Assessment

  • GREEN ZONE (29–40)

    Congratulations!

    Your business is starting to run beyond you.
    Decisions move.
    Teams own outcomes.
    Systems carry the load.

    Most owners never get here. You did.

    Left alone, businesses in this zone drift back into dependency. The owners who stay here are the ones who keep paying attention to structure.

    Field Notes is where I write about exactly that.

    Read Field Notes

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