Why Your Business Can't Run Without You: Find Where Work Gets Stuck

📌 If you've never actually watched where a job in your business goes once it leaves your hands, take the free Business Reset Quiz and find out where it's getting stuck in under 10 minutes: https://www.tandar.co.uk/the-business... ——— This episode is about where work gets stuck in your business, the gaps between handoffs where a job sits and waits instead of moving. You'll learn how to map one process end to end, find where it's slowing down between people, teams and systems, and work out what needs to stop, what can be simplified, and what's actually worth automating. You'll walk away with two exercises you can run on your own business this week, using nothing more than a piece of paper. ➡️ How to spot the gap between work time and wait time on any process in your business ➡️ The four questions to ask at every handoff to find out where and why work gets stuck ➡️ The six wastes to look for in an office, shop, studio or service business: waiting, chasing, retyping, rework, extra steps and workarounds ➡️ Why buying software before you've fixed the process just builds you a faster mess ➡️ Why a buyer isn't just pricing your profit, they're pricing how hard the work is to run without you ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 03:05 Why stuck work matters to a buyer 06:48 The Toyota chalk circle story 07:46 Exercise one: follow the handoffs 10:03 Work time versus wait time 14:46 Exercise two: the waste walk 20:05 Why automating a mess backfires 22:31 Book recommendation: The E-Myth Revised 24:02 The Business Reset Scorecard 25:57 Homework and recap The Business Reset is a weekly show for founder-led and owner-managed businesses who are getting ready for growth, acquisition or sale. Each episode takes one thing most owners have never properly looked at, like where the work in your business actually gets stuck, and unravels it end to end so you can see what it's costing you and what to do about it. Next episode we're going back to look at systems. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss the next one:    / @janedarkes2154   💬 CONNECT WITH Jane Darkes Instagram: @tandar_consulting_ Website: https://www.tandar.co.uk