Build the right team for you and your business.
(without losing your mind)
Welcome to our Team Diagnostic
Not sure if you have the right team to get you and your business to the next level – or why so much still falls on your plate even with a team? Then this one’s for you!
I was in a place with my business where I had made a wrong hire and I didn’t have the time to get it wrong again.
My confidence in leading my team and hiring who I needed was at an all time low. I loved that her diagnostic deep dive was a concise way to get the exact help I needed – clarity on who I needed on my team to reach our business goals and how to not only find them but set them up for success.
I now feel confident because she gave me a roadmap and bought me a lot of months of direction and clarity, the overall feeling of “I know what I am doing and can do it!” Lauren put me back in the game and showed me what to do in a way that made it so simple and easy to take action to move forward.
-Jessica Fearnley | Founder & CEO | London
Tell me if this rings any bells…
- Even though you have a team, so much still falls on you.
- You’ve made some good hires and some bad hires but can’t seem to make it consistent
- You aren’t sure if you have the right team to round out areas you are not strong in
- This keeps going round and round in your mind: “Is the team I have now going to get us to the next level vision I have for my business?”
- You want to break free from the day-to-day of the business but aren’t sure even where to start (or heck if it is even possible given you are the primary service provider – we call this the “curse of the expert”)
Bottom line:
- Your tired of being tired
- Perhaps you’re on the verge of burnout (or wanting to light a match to your business)
- The thought of taking a vacation leaves you 40% excited and 60% terrified
- You want a team and business that can run like a well oiled machine without you having to be in it managing every day
A half day intensive + 30 days support to give you absolute clarity on any team gaps keeping you stuck in the weeds, but also get the most out of your current team so you are all working together more profitably and successfully! Guaranteed.
Imagine what your business (and life) is going to feel and be like when you:
- FINALLY have a clear plan on how to get out from under your business day to day
- Have clarity on who is your team is a fit and who isn’t to support and grow your business vision
- Know without a doubt what is working (to keep doing) and what isn’t working so you can easily shift
- Have an autonomous and proactive team that moves the business forward even when you aren’t there
- Can stop playing whack-a-mole with your business day to day and start making more progress – and have what we call TRUE ENTREPRENEURIAL FREEDOM!
—>It all starts here. We’ll help you discover your own unique CEO profile and what that means to build a team that’s perfect for you so you can make a bigger impact with your clients, scale more sustainably with your team, and have an even more profitable and simple business!
Team Diagnostic
Where business owners come to get clarity and take the guesswork out of building the right team for THEM.
"CONFIDENT ABOUT WHO WE NEED TO HIRE AND HOW"
Before we partnered with Lauren, we were having trouble finding competent staff. The biggest frustration we had was feeling like we were at a dead end or worse a never ending carousel of employee turnover.
It was during the diagnostic phase that it really hit me how valuable and different her consulting is. She actually helped us save $150,000 in top line team expenses!
Working Lauren and her team was a wonderful and worthwhile experience that I would recommend to any business leader looking to improve not only their business and teams, but also themselves as leaders.
-Brian Mitchell | Partner at Mitchell & Pahl Wealth Management | OKC, Oklahoma
A Birds Eye View of the Team Diagnostic
Our Team Diagnostic is a half day intensive, inside a 30 day support container for busy business owners who want a clear path to getting out of the business day to day – and who want to have the best team for them that is autonomous, self sufficient, and high performing.
Together we are going to look at your team holistically to figure out what is going on and see how we can get it running like a well oiled machine and move you from business operator to owner.
Lauren is your advisor, your right hand – a neutral third party here to help you figure this out and get to the real root causes of what is keep you stuck in the trenches and feeling like it is all on you, even if you have a team.
At the end of our time together you are going to have absolute clarity on who you have, their strengths/weaknesses, and who you need to get you where you want to go.
We’ll give you tools to balance making these changes with your busy schedule and create a business you love again – and one that can scale without you at the helm 24/7.
How it works:
Part 1:
It starts with a full team assessment so we can really see what’s going on in the team.
Get absolutely clarity on who you have on the team and their strengths/ weaknesses, and innate talents to make sure you have the right butts in the right seats, and if you don’t what the gaps are.
Part 2:
- Next we do a comprehensive CEO assessment to determine what the best team for YOU is.
- No cookie cutters here, we are going to look at your unique CEO profile (there are 8 different profiles you could be) and how it compares to the team you have, vs the best team for you.
- Diving deeper into the team you have to see how we can get the most out of them, and more importantly determine what team gaps exist that are keeping you stuck in the weeds
- Lastly, we look at what you need to successful transition out of the trenches and into CEO by seeing what you can
- Delegate
- Automate
- Improve/optimize
- Keep/prioritize
Part 4: R & R (Results and Recommendations)
- Now that we have all the diagnostic data from our time together, now it is time to actually put it to good use. Data is just information if it doesn’t come with an implementation plan, right? Right!
- We sit down and review what we have found and break it down into 3-4 top priorities that will make the biggest difference in your team and business NOW.
- Then we break it out into a plan that you and your team can implement over the coming days/weeks*
- *This meeting can be 1:1 with me but what I love to do is bring in your second in command to be part of this conversation so they can help you implement and you do not need to play telephone!*
Is your business a fit for the team diagnostic? Let’s see!
Our team diagnostic is best suited for service based businesses doing over $1M and who have a team of 5 or more, and who want to scale.
We’ll help you not only clearly see any team gaps keeping you stuck in the weeds, but also get the most out of your current team so you are all working together more profitably and successfully!
—> spoiler alert after doing this for 12 years we have seen leaders and their team fully aligned only a handful of times – really understanding your team and who you need is SO impactful for getting you out of the trenches – and an unbiased third party like Lauren get’s to the roots and the truth, because only then can we make a solid plan that will succeed to get you out from under your business! <—
Don’t have a team yet? Not to worry, we got you! Our CEO Strategy Session is the perfect thing to make sure your first hire is your best hire by getting clarity on who you need and the role they will fill so you are not wasting you precious time or money with mis-hires
Want to look at your whole business instead of just your team? We got you covered!
Here are our two Diagnostic options
Team Diagnostic
- 1:1 – 3 hour Diagnostic Session via Zoom: so that we can really dive into your team together
- CEO Profile Assessment and Report: so you are building the team the is right for YOU and can get out of the trenches faster
- Team report: so that you can clearly see who is on your team, their strengths/weaknesses, and the overall gaps that are preventing sustainable scaling and getting you out of the trenches
- Golden Key Vault: vast team, ops, and leadership resources we have created for clients over the past 12+ years (scorecards, job postings, diagnostic tools, you name it, it’s probably here)
- Hiring Made Simple: our proven framework and masterclass guaranteed to cut your hiring time in half and exponentially increase your success rate for hires.
- Voxer access for 30 days post call: so you can get support from Lauren when you something pops up – M-F, 9-5
- Bookend, “if ya need it call:” so you can get further advising, ask any lingering questions post diagnostic, or work through stuck spots that have popped up
Diagnostic Deep Dive (Full Business Diagnostic)
- 1:1 Half Day Intensive Diagnostic Session via Zoom: so that we can really dive into your business together
- CEO Profile Assessment and Report: so you are building the team the is right for YOU and can get out of the trenches faster
- Diagnostic report & plan: so that you can actually implement and have a plan to get to where you want to go
- Voxer & Email access for 45 days post call: so you can get help when you need it through the tough parts and get advice M-F, 9-5
- Bookend, “if ya need it call:” so you can get further advising, ask any lingering questions post diagnostic, or work through stuck spots that have popped up
- Scorecard session: so that we can get you clear on where you want to go and teach you how to use this critical tool for your team
- Up to Ten (10) 1:1 calls with your team to dive deeper into what they see is working and not working in the business, as well as what is working and not working in their role and your leadership.
- R&R – Stoplight call with you and your second in command to discuss the results of the calls and my recommendations as well as green flags, yellow flags, and red flags that have been uncovered during the 1:1s
We’re going to help you finally breathe a sigh of relief with your team, get out of the trenches, make a bigger impact, increase profitability - and enjoy your business again!
MEET LAUREN GOLDSTEIN
Lauren Goldstein is founder and CEO of the award-winning and globally-recognized business consulting firm, Golden Key Partnership.
Her clients lovingly nicknamed her “The Biz Doctor” (which also happens to be the name of her podcast) because her superpower is helping 7-figure service-based entrepreneurs uncover what is keeping them stuck in the trenches of their business. Lauren is an expert at helping business owners diagnose the real root cause of their team and operational challenges so their business can sustainably and profitably scale without burning out.
As a trusted advisor to some of the fastest growing businesses, and fortune 500 companies, for more than 12 years, Lauren’s greatest asset is helping business owners successfully transition from business operator to true business owner, from “chief everything officer” to powerful and effective CEO and leader.
Her signature Diagnostic Deep Dive framework helps CEOs reclaim their time and create more freedom so they can have more impact, success, and breathe a much needed sigh of relief.
She’s been featured in Thrive Global, Huff Post, Authority Magazine and is a trusted expert to fortune 500 companies like Apple, Nike, and AT&T, among others.
If you have questions and want to explore if this is right for you business book a consultation call above.
She gives me tools so I am empowered to do this on my own – not just theory – she gets inside my business and feels like an extension of my business, like a partner, not just a resource that will go away!
– Monica Bloom | Founder | SF