Groundwork coaching

7 Building Blocks of a Healthy Business

I coach solo owners, small teams, and companies of up to 75 employees on the basic building blocks that thousands of companies use as a solid foundation to grow. For smaller businesses we start where the need is greatest and build from there. For larger clients, I take you through all seven in order and take on an immersive, hands-on role in your business for 3 months.

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Today: most of it still runs through the owner

Here's what owners tell me before we start, and you may recognize a few of these yourself.

There's no plan for growth, or if there is, it lives in the owner's head

So everyone else guesses at what matters most.

The same problems come back every week

They get talked about, then show up again next week.

Nobody's sure who owns what

Work falls through the cracks or gets done twice.

They don't know which numbers to track

By the time anyone notices a problem, it's been happening for months.

With the 7 Building Blocks: one clear way to run the business, for you and your team to work toward your goals

The plan is clear

Everyone works toward the same thing

Everyone knows what they own

Each role and what it's responsible for is clear to all.

The right numbers are checked weekly

Problems show up in weeks, not months

Problems get solved once

Each one gets a fix and the person responsible for it

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How things run now and what you'd fix first. We pick the module to start with.

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Here's what one module looks like

Module 4 · Track numbers that matter

The right numbers to track, every week

Most owners run on gut feel and a monthly report that shows up weeks late, so you find out about problems after they've already cost you time or money. This module picks the 5 to 15 weekly numbers that tell you how you're really doing, gives each one an owner and a goal, and your leadership team reviews them every week.

Today

Finding out at month end

Reports look back, too late to catch a trend
Each person tracks something different
Nobody owns the number
Problems show up after they've cost you

With the system

One page, with an owner on every number

Weekly numbers4 of 5 on goal this week

Number	Owner	Goal	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4
New inquiries	Marcus	20 or more	25	21	24	19
Jobs finished on time	Vicky	95%	92%	98%	97%	96%
Days to send an invoice	Kelly	3 or fewer	3	2	4	2
Cash on hand	Kelly	$50K	$48K	$52K	$57K	$55K
Customer complaints	Vicky	0	0	0	0	0

New inquiries came in at 19 against a goal of 20, so it goes on this week's problem list with Marcus's name on it.

Anything that's off goal, in red, goes onto that week's problem list for a review.

Book a 15-minute callThat's one of the seven. In a free 90-minute discovery call, we'll figure out which one your business needs most, and the others get added over time as you're ready for them.