Bottleneck Audit · $49 · 10 minutes

Find what lands on your desk that shouldn't.

The Bottleneck Audit looks at where decisions go and where they stop. Ten minutes. You get a plan, in order, for what to hand off first.

About 10 questions· 10 minutes· Report in about 2 minutes· Pay once
The Bottleneck Audit is a $49, ten-minute check for founders and the people who run things. You list what came to you last week. You get a plan, in order: what to hand off first, and who should own it. It ends with Situation, Action, Outcome: what's true, what to do, what you get.
What it looks for

The Structure part, up close.

Decisions that come to you that shouldn't.

We sort them into groups. Then you get a simple rule so someone else can make them.

Two people, one job. One job, nobody.

Where two people think the same job is theirs. And the jobs nobody owns at all.

Where things stall.

The sign-off or rule that keeps work waiting on you. And how to get rid of it.

What stops when you're gone.

Those are your handoffs, in order. So you can get back to the work you started the company to do.

What you answer

About ten questions. Here are four.

Answer from last week, not from how it's supposed to work. Plus a few about you and your company: what you do, how many people, and why today.

  1. 01

    What decisions came to you last week that someone else could have made?

    One per line. "Approve a $300 purchase." "Pick the paint color."

  2. 02

    What tasks do you do every week that aren't your job?

    One per line. Be honest. Invoicing counts.

  3. 03

    Think of the last time someone waited on you. What was it? How long did they wait?

  4. 04

    What would you hand off tomorrow if you trusted someone to do it? Why don't you?

What you get

A plan, in order, with someone in charge of every line.

  • A score and a color

    One to ten. Ten means it runs without you. Red, yellow, or green.

  • What to hand off first

    The decisions and tasks that should leave your desk, and who should own each one.

  • What to do, in order

    Five to seven moves. Number one is your Monday move. Each one has a first step.

  • Someone in charge of every line

    You, a role on your team, a computer, or nobody, because you should stop doing it.

  • Situation, Action, Outcome

    It ends with what's true, what to do, and what you get. What changes in 30 days and in 90.

  • How-to guides for your team

    Every move that repeats comes out as a short how-to. Download them. Drop them into Flowformance.

Situation

What's true.

What is going on right now, in plain words. With your own answers quoted back to you.

Action

What to do.

The moves, in order. Someone in charge of every line. A first step for each one.

Outcome

What you get.

What changes in 30 days and in 90. And a list of things you get to stop doing.

Price

$49. Pay once.

$49
About 10 questions · 10 minutes · Pay once
  • Answer first. Pay when you're done.
  • Your answers save as you go
  • Your report is ready in about 2 minutes
  • A plan, in order, with someone in charge of every line
  • How-to guides for your team
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Every report has an upgrade button. Your $49 comes off the Founder Read.

Questions

About the Bottleneck Audit.

How long does it take?

About ten minutes to answer. Your answers save as you go. Your report is ready about two minutes after you pay, and we email you the link.

I'm not the founder. Is this for me?

Yes. Answer for the job you do. If work keeps landing on you, this is for you.

Does a person read my answers?

Only if you buy With Ben. Everything else is read by a system I built from the way I read companies. Your answers are stored encrypted. They are never used to train anything.

Can I upgrade?

Yes. Every report has an upgrade button. Your $49 comes off the Founder Read, which covers all three parts.

Who is it for?

Founders and the people who run things, at companies of 1 to 200 people.

More quick checks

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Ten minutes from now, you'll know what to hand off first.

What lands on your desk that shouldn't, and what to hand off first.

About 10 questions · 10 minutes · Pay once