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How to build a self‑managing practice in 90 days

Owner-dependence is the silent tax on firm value. When every decision routes through you, service slows, advisory never gets scheduled, and your exit multiple suffers. The fix isn’t heroic effort; it’s a simple, disciplined 90-day reset: clarify roles, systemise the essentials, and hand over with accountability that sticks. 

Month 1 — Role clarity that unblocks the owner 

  • Operations & Systems Lead: Owns client delivery, SLAs, workflow, and capacity planning. 

  • Client Care Lead: Owns onboarding, satisfaction, renewals, upsells, and referrals. 

  • Advisory Lead (initially you): Owns monthly pulses, quarterly reviews, and the advisory pipeline. 

Write one-page role sheets: 

  • Purpose: Why this role exists. 

  • Responsibilities: The 5–7 outcomes they own. 

  • Decisions: What they can decide without you. 

  • Metrics: Three numbers they report weekly. 

When everyone knows who owns what, the “everything ends up with me” problem disappears. 

Month 2 — Systemise the 20% that drives 80% of outcomes 

  • Document your top 10 processes: Onboarding, monthly bookkeeping, VAT, management accounts, advisory prep, proposals, contracting, invoicing, credit control, offboarding. 

  • Keep it lightweight: Checklists beat manuals. Short screen recordings beat training days. 

  • Add simple tools: 

  • CRM: Track enquiries, renewals, upsells (HubSpot works well). 

  • Task board: See workload and status at a glance (Trello/Monday). 

  • Template library: Standardize emails, proposals, and summary notes. 

  • Use AI bots for repetitive stuff  

Systemisation is not bureaucracy. It’s the shortest path to dependable delivery without you. 

Month 3 — Handover with visible accountability 

  • Weekly ops review (30 minutes): What’s blocked? What shipped? What’s next? 

  • Scorecards: On-time delivery rate, WIP by stage, client NPS, owner hours recovered. 

  • Owner calendar redesign: Two advisory blocks per week, one sales block, one leadership block. Protect them. 

The handover isn’t real until your calendar reflects the firm you’re creating—not the one you’re escaping. 

Culture shifts that make it stick:

  • Standard before speed: Ship correctly before you ship faster. 

  • Visible ownership: Names beside processes; praise publicly when the system works. 

  • No-blame post-mortems: When something breaks, improve the checklist, not the person. 

People rise to clarity. 

A mini case snapshot (what “good” looks like):

  • Start: Owner handling escalations, no CRM, ad hoc onboarding, late nights in January. 

  • 90 days later: Ops lead runs workflow; client care lead reduces churn; owner books two advisory sessions a week; NPS rises; fewer surprises. 

This isn’t magic. It’s intent + cadence. 

Risks and how to reduce them:

  • Owner relapse into micromanagement: Use the weekly ops review as the only forum for interventions. 

  • Under-documented processes: Prioritise the top 10. Done and useful beats perfect. 

  • Role resistance: Announce the why, co-create the how, check-in weekly. 

What you’ll gain isn’t just time. It’s a firm that earns, grows, and sells better. 

Book a call with me below and I’ll send you a one-page plan template, role sheets, and a weekly review agenda to get started this week. 

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