Owner Dependency Risk Assessment
If your business cannot operate, generate revenue, or maintain client relationships without you, its transferable value is significantly diminished. Discover your dependency risk and learn how to build a self-sustaining enterprise.
Identify Bottlenecks
Pinpoint areas where your direct involvement is stunting company growth and scalability.
Operational Freedom
Develop executive teams and systems that allow the business to run independently.
Increase Valuation
Buyers pay premiums for companies with strong management teams, not owner-centric jobs.
The "Owner's Trap"
Many business owners unknowingly build a job for themselves rather than an asset. If you hold the key relationships, make every final operational decision, and serve as the primary rainmaker, you are the business. While this may generate strong income, it creates massive risk. If you become disabled or wish to sell, the value of the company plummets because the primary revenue engine (you) is no longer there.
Evaluating Your Risk
Our Owner Dependency Risk Assessment looks at several critical factors:
- Revenue Concentration: What percentage of revenue is tied directly to your personal relationships?
- Decision Making: Can your team authorize expenditures and resolve client issues without your approval?
- Process Documentation: Are your operations documented, or do they live entirely in your head?
- Executive Retention: Do you have key-person incentives in place to keep your management team from leaving?
By identifying these gaps, we help you implement executive bonus plans, phantom stock, and deferred compensation strategies to build and retain a management team capable of running the company without you.