Golden Key Partnership

Today is the day!! First office hours of 2024. The perfect time to pop in and get the ball rolling on a business challenge you’ve been chewing on for a while or that has been keeping you at night. 🧐

Swing on by to my virtual office anytime between 3:30-4:30pm CT today to pick my brain so we can get ya back in business.

No agenda, no pitches, nothing but doing my favorite thing which is helping business owners problem solve, as an objective third party with 14 (!! How has time flown like that!?) years experience in business operations and high performing teams.

See ya at 3:30!

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Happy Fri-yay or as I like to call it...Featured Founder Friday! This week I would love for y'all to share your podcasts so we can tune in, review, and share with our network!

Who's got a Pod to share? And hey, if you aren't a host, drop some Podcasts you love below!

Who knows maybe what you post will be exactly what the person reading needs 😍

𝟓 𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝗨𝗦 𝐈𝐍 𝐐𝟐

If you've been wondering or asking yourself: 👇🏻

👀 “Is the team I have now going to get us to the next level vision I have for my business?”

👀 “How am I going to fill the team gap we have? I am so-so at hiring. Who can help me with the hard parts and heavy lifting to ensure a successful hire?”

👀 “How do I get off the merry-go-round of frustration playing whack-a-mole every day with my business instead of being able to proactively & strategically prioritize, plan, hire, and scale?”

👀 “I feel like something is off in my business or team that is preventing us from sustainable (and profitable) scaling, but I don’t know what. How do I get that clarity?”

👀 “Is there someone who can come in and tune up my business with me? We’ve got a good thing going but I know it needs some more team and operation support to grow where I want it?”

👇🏻 READ ON. This post is for you. 👇🏻

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👀 “Is the team I have now going to get us to the next level vision I have for my business?”

🩺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘇 𝗱𝗼𝗰’𝘀 𝗥𝗫: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰!

We’re going to dive into you and your team to give you absolute clarity on who you have, their strengths, and who you need to get you where you want to go.

This includes:
🔑Team Assessment (get absolutely clarity on who you have on the team and their strengths)
🔑Leadership Assessment (there are 8 types of CEO profiles, let’s find out which one you are so you can scale your business more simply, easily, and effectively based on your strengths)
🔑An intuitive (and simple) performance management tool that will help you make your next hire your best hire AND help you get the most out of your current team - all in one place!
🔑Role Audit based on your CEO profile to see if we have the right butts, right seats, and if not what gaps do we need to fill to get you to the next level.

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👀 “I feel like something is off in my business or team that is preventing us from sustainable (and profitable) scaling, but I don’t know what. How do I get that clarity?”

🩺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘇 𝗱𝗼𝗰’𝘀 𝗥𝗫: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰!

We’re going to look at the whole body of the business and diagnose what is keeping you stuck in the trenches and also inhibiting sustainable scaling in three key areas, people, process, and profits.

This includes:

🔑Everything in the team assessment above and the following:
🔑Profit assessment: (Cash flow, revenue, margins, stepped costs, revenue cliffs, concentrated risks)
🔑Process assessment: (if you doubled your business tomorrow, what would break?)
🔑People assessment (team strengths, collaboration, critical hires needed)
🔑1:1s with up to 10 of your key leaders to help us further diagnose what’s working within the business, team dynamics, leadership approach and identify any silos that are strangling the business
🔑R&R (Results and recommendation) session - What we’ve uncovered, what we’ve diagnosed and priorities we uncovered that will make the most impact over the next 90 days.

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👀 “How do I get off the merry-go-round of frustration playing whack-a-mole every day with my business instead of being able to proactively & strategically prioritize, plan, hire, and scale?”

🩺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘇 𝗱𝗼𝗰’𝘀 𝗥𝗫: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆!

This is for you if you are ready to scale your business sustainably and have true entrepreneurial freedom! You are looking for strategy, accountability, advising, and traction to start running your business, instead of the other way ‘round.

This includes:
🔑A seat for you AND your second in command. This allows your key operator to be supported alongside you for maximum impact and simplicity.
🔑Quarterly Planning (Get absolutely clear on the key priorities that will move the business forward)
🔑Leadership development (Helping you to become a more effective, competent and confident leader)
🔑Accountability (Let’s keep you out of the weeds and keep you and the business on track with your goals!)
🔑Strategy (Having the clarity of what to focus on and when to make the best use of you and your business’s resources and time.)

👉🏻 NOTE: Our Diagnostic+ (full business diagnostic) is required for all businesses in Golden Key Advisory so we can actually get your business and you to a place where you are not playing whack a mole and firefighting constantly.

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👀 “How am I going to fill the team gap we have? I am so-so at hiring. Who can help me with the hard parts and heavy lifting to ensure a successful hire?”

🩺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘇 𝗱𝗼𝗰’𝘀 𝗥𝗫: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

This is for you if… you wish someone could do the hard part and heavy lifting of helping you strategically hire the next person you need on your team to make the biggest impact and ensure success.

This includes:
🔑Start to finish, done for you hiring for (1) key role
🔑Scorecard to proactively and clearly hire to ensure your time and revenue aren’t wasted
🔑An effective job description to attract the candidates you won’t and repel the ones you don’t
🔑Funnel of top 3-5 guaranteed candidates.
🔑Support to help you effectively select from your top candidates the top candidate for your business
🔑Teaching your team our tried and tested ‘Hiring Made Simple’ framework to enable them to successfully and efficiently hire for you moving forward
🔑6 months of support for onboarding, reviewing new role job descriptions and scorecards for future hires, and upskilling your team in this critical skill.

👉🏻 NOTE: We only take THREE businesses per quarter for Golden Teams which means you can connect with me to get on the docket for the 2 remaining spots.

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👀 “Is there someone who can come in and tune up my business with me? We’ve got a good thing going but I know it needs some more team and operation support to grow where I want it?”

🩺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘇 𝗱𝗼𝗰’𝘀 𝗥𝗫: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗢𝗢!

COO Services:
This is for you if… You don’t have a second in command and want a power partner walking alongside you in the business. Your business may not be large enough to support a full-time COO but you need someone that is both tactical and strategic to help you scale more simply, sustainability, and profitably.

This includes:
🔑Full Business Diagnostic
🔑Lauren steps in to execute key projects in the business with you and oversees all critical hires to fill team and ops gaps.
Outcomes I guarantee:
🔑High-performing team
🔑Business silos are removed
🔑Team clarity achieved (who does what, when and how)
🔑You, the business owner, is either out of the trenches, enjoying the business and true entrepreneurial freedom or we have a rock solid plan to get you there as soon as possible.
🔑A sustainable business that is on track to scale without you which is an asset and not a liability - a true business and not a job.

The mission for this role is to be the conductor of the business, making sure all the moving parts of the business are led by the right people and working together toward the business goals to elevate the business owner out of the trenches and allowing the business to scale more simply, easily, sustainably, and profitably.

👉🏻 NOTE: We only take TWO businesses per year for our Fractional COO role, which means I have one spot open for 2023.

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👀👀 How to get on my calendar to discuss?:

👉🏻 Probably the easiest thing you’ve done all day. 💌 DM us with the service you’re most interested in:

🔑Diagnostics (team or business)
🔑Golden Key Advisory
🔑Golden Teams
🔑Fractional COO

👉🏻 Step 2: We’ll get back to you ASAP with some more info, and a link to my good ole calendar.

Can’t WAIT to learn more about your business and how we can get you out from under it! 🩺🔑🚀

Hi! I am Lauren Goldstein. Fondly known by my clients as the business doctor.

I love working with entrepreneurs and business owners looking to get off the hire/fire cycle with a team and business infrastructure that works cohesively and efficiently for maximum impact. We offer simple, effective consulting solutions that help CEOs move the needle toward their company vision without sacrificing their happiness.

For over 10 years, I have been a trusted operations and team development advisor to founders of fast-growing businesses. My team at Golden Key Partnership and I specialize in helping CEOs expand and optimize their teams and behind-the-scenes operations so they can enjoy exponential profitability and freedom by working smarter not harder.

When you partner and work with us, you'll finally have the clarity & strategy you need to have the biggest impact on profits, revenue, productivity, team, and overall sustainable business growth so you can get back to why you started your business in the first place, and - gasp - maybe even take an uninterrupted vacation!

If you are ready to bring your team to its full potential, have more fun, increase your profit margin, and have more freedom in your business as you successfully and sustainably grow/scale, let's connect!

Now these are some amazing, brain expanding questions courtesy of Ryan Deiss and Roland Frasier (The Scalable Company)

7 questions EVERY should ask themselves every 30 days:

The Great Question: What is the one big thing that, if accomplished, would have the most significant impact in my business and render the need for other seemingly-important projects unnecessary? (NOTE: This question was inspired by the book, The One Thing)

The Gut-Punch Question: Why are our ideal prospects NOT buying from us? Is the offer unclear or unappealing? Are we trying to sell it to the wrong person?

The Intensity Question: In what areas of my life can I double my intensity? What about 10X?

The Procrastination Question: What are three things I haven’t started because I’m pursuing perfection? What are a few steps I could take today?

The Enemy Question: If I was competing against myself, what chinks in the armor would I exploit? How would I put a massive dent in my own brand?

The Pragmatic Question: Is our strategy not working because the strategy is bad, or is it not working because we are incapable of executing this strategy due to constraints we cannot resolve at this time?

The Zero-Base Question: Knowing what I know now, if I could start all over again, what changes would I make to my business model? What is preventing me from making those changes?

Which one is your favorite? Or which one broke your brain the most?

When was the last time you did a postmortem checkup on your business? Not sure what we are talking about... click through to see how this simple, yet powerful, process can be the difference between hitting and surpassing your business objectives or waking up one day woefully off track!

I would love to hear your takeaways too!

Business Postmortem: What it is and why it’s Important At first glance, it might seem like something gruesome or out of a murder mystery but that is not what I am going to talk about here. A business postmortem is simply taking time after specific events to do an analysis or what I like to call a “business autopsy.

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Sadly, having a job disguised as a business has become a phenomenon for far too many entrepreneurs.

They hustle and grind, on the verge of burnout, barely making minimum wage when it is all said and done, spending the majority of their days asking is this worth it?

Here's my theory on why this is so rampant and how to overcome this to become a true business OWNER.

Do you have a business or a job disguised as a business? | Golden Key Partnership This has become a phenomenon for too many entrepreneurs. Here's my theory on why this is so rampant and how to overcome this to become a true business OWNER.