Glossary

The terms, in plain English.

A short reference for the language we use in a Staff Analysis.

Staff Analysis

A five-day, operator-run read of how an organization is staffed and built — across people, structure, and systems — returning five role-level moves, ranked by impact, plus a 90-day sequence.

Scale-ready

An organization whose people, structure, and systems can absorb the next stage of growth without the founder or a single person becoming the bottleneck.

Operator bottleneck

When growth stalls because decisions, approvals, and context still route through one person — a structural constraint, not a discipline problem.

Spans and layers

How many people report to each manager (span) and how many management levels sit between the top and the front line (layers). Too wide or too tall and the org slows.

Decision rights

Who is empowered to make which decisions. When unclear, decisions route upward and stall.

Key-person risk

The exposure created when critical knowledge, relationships, or process live with one person and aren't documented or backed up.

Five days from now, you'll know exactly what to change.

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