How to take a break from your business without breaking it

REFRAME the context:

Re-see your business as a system for making and keeping promises to the people it serves.

Explain the WHY:

Fully articulate your unique Promise of Value, so the whole team knows why the business works the way it does.

MAP out the likely:

Most of the time, things go as expected. That means you can map out the usual routes through your business

TEACH your team.

Help them (and you) to learn by doing.  Give your team the chance to practice on their own by taking increasingly longer breaks. 

Learn to SAMPLE:

Instead of watching everything and everyone like a hawk, or worse, handing things over and forgetting about them, build systems for spotting and sharing the unusual. So anyone can respond immediately. 

The good news?  You don't have to do all of it, all at once.

You can start small, doing just enough to take a short break, then repeat with longer and longer breaks until you can take as long a break as you like, any time you like.

Take a short break:

A pre-session questionnaire to tailor your coaching.
5 x 2-3 hour online sessions of 1-1 coaching over 4-6 weeks.
4 sessions before you go to help you: 

  • Re-frame what your business can be 
  • Make time to work on getting ready for a break 
  • Organise your workspaces 
  • Define your True North 
  • Map the Minimum 
  • Teach the Minimum

So you can take a break of up to a week.

Followed by a de-brief session with you and your team when you return.

£4,800 including VAT, payable in two monthly instalments.

Could this be a fit?

Take a long break:

Weekly 1-1 coaching sessions for as long as you need, to help you:

  • Spell out your Promise of Value            
  • Find your Metaphor            
  • Define your Roles            
  • Make your Unbreakable Promises
  • Put simple metrics in place
  • Map your Keep Promise 
  • Teach your Keep Promise

So you can take a long break of up to a month.

Includes a session with you and your team to de-brief when you get back.

£2,400 including VAT per month until you're ready to go.

Could this be a fit?

Take a longer break:

Weekly 1-1 coaching sessions for as long as you need, to help you:

  • Set things up so you can sample remotely     
  • Map your Share Promise 
  • Teach your Share Promise

So you can take a longer break of a month or more.

Includes a session with you and your team to de-brief when you get back.  

£2,400 including VAT per month until you feel ready to take your longer break.  

Is this for you? 

Take a sabbatical:

Weekly 1-1 coaching sessions for as long as you need, to help you:

  • Build on your current metrics to:
  • Design your Improve Process
  • Map your Improve Process     
  • Teach your Improve Process

So you can be away for at least 6 months to a year.

Includes regular check-in sessions while you're away, and a de-brief with you and your team when you get back.  

£2,400 including VAT per month until you feel ready to leave.

 £500 plus VAT per check-in.

Could this be for you?