Clockwork
by Mike Michalowicz
How to make a small business run without the owner: identify the 'queen bee role' the business depends on, protect it, delegate everything else in stages (doing, deciding, delegating, designing), and test with a four-week vacation. It is practical and specific, and the vacation test is a genuinely good forcing function.
Read it if…
your business stops when you stop.
Skip it if…
you are a solo freelancer with no intention to delegate.
Three things you will actually use
- Identify and protect the queen bee role.
- Move from doing to designing in stages.
- Book the four-week vacation and work backward.
Do this first
Name the one function your business cannot survive without, and audit how much of your week protects it.
Our verdict
Specific and practical; a good delegation manual for owners.
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