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Time for a Business Edit?

Every business has things worth keeping, things that need altering, and things that have simply stopped fitting.

This 40-question diagnostic looks at your business, your time, your team, your numbers and your freedom — so you can see what’s really working and what needs a rethink.

1. Which part of your work makes the most valuable use of your experience? Select up to two. *

Setting direction and making strategic decisions

Winning business and building relationships

Delivering specialist work for clients

Leading and developing my people

I am too caught up in daily tasks to know

2. What most often stops you spending time on your highest-value work? Select up to two. *

Administration and routine tasks

Team questions and approvals

Client requests and changes

Too many competing priorities

Nothing regularly gets in the way

3. How much recurring work still sits with you even though it could be delegated, automated or stopped? *

Almost none

A few tasks

A significant part of my week

Most of my week

I have not reviewed it

4. How much of the business’s day-to-day work gets completed well without your involvement? *

Most of it

Some of it

Very little

None of it

I work alone

5. When work stalls or comes back to you, what is usually missing? *

Clear instructions or a documented process

Someone with the right skills or capacity

Clear responsibility and authority to decide

An agreed deadline and follow-up

Work rarely stalls or comes back

I work alone

6. Think about your recurring meetings, reports and approvals. Which is closest to the truth? *

Each has a clear purpose and supports a decision or outcome

Some are useful; others could be simplified or combined

Several continue out of habit and add little value

I have not reviewed whether they are needed

We do not have these

7. Can you identify which services, products or types of client deliver the strongest profit for the effort involved? *

Yes, based on current numbers

I have a good idea, but have not checked the numbers

I know what brings in revenue, but not what delivers the best profit

No, I am not sure

8. Where does the return on your work most often fall short? *

Pricing does not reflect the work involved

Extra requests are delivered without an extra charge

Delivery takes more time or resources than planned

There is not enough consistent demand

The return generally meets our targets

I do not have enough information to tell

9. Are you continuing any offer or client arrangement that gives little back after accounting for money, time and strategic value? *

No, we review and address these

Possibly, but I need to check

Yes, because I am worried about losing the revenue

Yes, mainly through habit or a sense of obligation

10. How do you decide which opportunities and commitments deserve your time? *

They must support clear business goals and the life I want

I assess the business benefit, but often overlook my capacity

I mostly respond to what feels urgent or brings in revenue

I tend to say yes and work out the consequences later

11. If an important business improvement has stalled, what is the main reason? *

I have not decided what to prioritise

I know the priority, but have not made a clear plan

There is not enough time or capacity to implement it

I am avoiding a difficult decision or conversation

Our important improvements are progressing

Not applicable right now

12. If you reviewed your current commitments today, how many would you choose to take on again? *

Almost all; they still earn their place

Most, with a few changes

Several no longer make sense

I am carrying too much to judge clearly

13. How many people work in your business, including you? Count employees and regular contractors involved in weekly delivery. *

Just me

2–5

6–15

16–30

31+

14. What would you like to happen next? *

Use my Business Edit to make changes myself

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Build a business that works without you.

I help established business owners step out of the day-to-day, take back control and build a business that gives them more freedom to lead, grow and live well.