Tool 1
If You Left for 30 Days, What Breaks First?
The 30-Day Disappearance Test: a simple way for business owners to see where the company still depends on them, and which red item to fix first.
Sellable by Design
Tools for building a business that runs without you.
One practical tool at a time for founder-led businesses: find where the company still depends on you, move the work and the decisions to the team, and build value that transfers. Written by Esther Q Tsedey in Calgary.
Tool 2
Same Revenue. Different Business.
Two founders can show the same revenue and profit and own very different assets. Use the Founder A vs Founder B comparison to see what your numbers do not show.
Tool 3
Do You Own a Job or an Asset?
Many founders built a business for freedom and ended up owning a job. The Job-or-Asset Check shows what the business is asking you to carry.
Tool 4
Score Your Operational Independence
Time away is not the same as operational independence. Score your business from Level 1 to Level 5 and find the one condition holding you back.
Tool 5
The Question That Keeps Coming Back
When the same question reaches the owner again and again, the business has no reliable answer. Use the Repeated-Question Log to build one.
Tool 6
A Binder Is Not a System
Documentation is not a system. The Behaviour Test scores one process in five questions and shows where the work still depends on people filling gaps.
Tool 7
The Approval Audit
Pricing questions, exceptions and small purchases still coming back to you? The Approval Audit sorts every request so decisions can move off your desk.
Tool 8
Write One Decision Rule This Week
"Use your best judgment" can feel like risk to your team. The Decision Rule Card gives an employee a clear limit, an owner and a point of escalation.
Talk to Esther
Exit Queen is based in Calgary, Alberta. If you are ready to build a business that can run, and sell, without you, start with a conversation.
Call +1 (587) 316-9353 or email relief@exitqueen.ca. Every conversation is confidential.