The 90-Day Business Edit
A focused period of senior-level support across your business - helping you work out what needs attention, make decisions and get important work moving.
As a business grows or changes, so has the amount that needs attention.
There are decisions to make, projects to move forward, processes that need sorting, ideas you want to pursue and things behind the scenes that you know could work better.
But there isn’t one neat project you can point to and say, “that’s the problem.”
There are several things happening across the business at once and you need someone experienced who can get across it quickly, help you work out what needs attention and then get stuck into making things happen.
That’s what the 90-Day Business Edit is for.
What is a 90-Day Business Edit?
For a defined period, I come into your business as an experienced second brain and additional senior-level capacity. Unlike Project Leadership, where I’m brought in to lead one specific project, the 90-Day Business Edit allows us to work across several areas at the same time.
I’ll get underneath what’s going on, help you decide what needs attention and where your time and resources are best spent - but we won’t stop at talking about it.
Where it makes sense, I’ll take ownership of agreed priorities and pieces of work too. That could mean researching and implementing a new system, improving a process, coordinating a project, documenting how something works, helping structure responsibilities across the team or finally moving forward something that’s been sitting on your list for months.
This isn’t consultancy where I hand you a report and leave you to implement it. And it isn’t a retainer where you send me a list of tasks.
It’s temporary, senior-level capacity for your business or organisation - someone who can think alongside you, take ownership where needed and get stuck into making things happen.
This might be right for you if….
Your business or organisation is growing or changing and there are several things that need attention at once.
Too many decisions, priorities or pieces of work are sitting with you or a small number of people.
There are projects, improvements or ideas you want to progress, but you don’t have the capacity to lead them all.
Your systems, processes or ways of working haven’t quite kept pace with how the business operates now.
You know some things need to change behind the scenes, but you need someone experienced to help work out what and then help make those changes happen.
You could benefit from senior-level support, but you don’t need or want to recruit someone permanently.
Essentially, there isn’t one thing you need help with. There are several and you need someone who can see the whole picture, works out what matters most and help make it happen.
Scope & Fees
Every 90-Day Business Edit is shaped around what’s happening in your business or organisation and the level of support you need. We’ll start with a conversation to understand what’s going on, the areas that need attention and how involved you need me to be. From there, I’ll recommend a clear scope of work and provide a proposal and fee based on what we agree.
This is a defined period of support with a clear beginning and end – not an open-ended retainer or ongoing financial commitment.
FAQs
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The Business Edit runs for 90 days.
We’ll start by getting clear on what’s happening, what needs attention and what we want to achieve during our time together. From there, we’ll agree the priorities and I’ll get to work.
We’ll stay in regular contact throughout the 90 days to review progress, make decisions and adjust priorities where needed.
There’s a clear plan and a defined end point, with enough flexibility to respond to what’s actually happening along the way.
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Project Leadership is for when you have one defined project or outcome that you want me to take ownership of and deliver.
The 90-Day Business Edit is broader. I work across several areas for a defined period, helping identify priorities, make decisions and move multiple pieces of work forward at the same time.
If Project Leadership is “take this and get it done,” the Edit is “there’s a lot going on – help me work out what matters and get the important things moving.”
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The Edit has a defined end point, so as we approach it we’ll make sure anything we’ve introduced or changed is properly embedded, documented and handed over where needed.
We’ll also look at anything that still needs attention and agree what the priorities should be from there.
There’s no expectation that we continue working together afterwards. The aim is to leave you in a stronger position, with the work we’ve done able to continue without me.
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It completely depends on what’s happening and where support is needed most.
We might improve or document processes, research and implement systems, move projects forward, look at roles and responsibilities, coordinate people or suppliers, solve an operational problem or turn an idea into something tangible.
Usually, it’s a combination of things rather than one single piece of work – which is exactly why the 90-Day Business Edit exists.
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This is collaborative, so I’ll need your input, particularly when we’re making decisions or I need your knowledge of the business or organisation.
But you won’t be expected to work everything out and then hand me a list of tasks. Part of my role is to identify what needs to happen, create the structure around it and take ownership of agreed pieces of work.
The aim is to give you additional senior-level capacity - not another person you need to manage.