Could you leave for two weeks without your phone ringing?
Find out what happens when you step away for two weeks, before a vacation, a health scare or a buyer finds out for you.
- A plan for a 14-day test: you step out of the day-to-day and watch how the business runs without you.
- A pre-test checklist: who is in charge while you are out, spending limits, and a second signer at the bank.
- A Step-Away Call Log for every call that still finds you: who called, about what, and who could have answered it.
- What to do with the results: which decisions still run through you, and which one to hand off first.
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Your private link works for three days. Start with the pre-test checklist: who is in charge while you are out, spending limits, and a second signer at the bank.
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Or have us go through your business on site and write up what to fix first: the Owner Value Overhaul
Most owners guess. This guide helps you find out on purpose, on dates you pick, with a record of everything that still comes back to you.
What's inside
- A 14-day test plan. How to step out of the day-to-day for two weeks so you see what actually happens.
- A pre-test checklist. Who is in charge while you are out, how much your people can spend without calling you, and a second signer at the bank. Set them up before day one so the test is fair to your crew.
- The Step-Away Call Log. One page to write down every call, text and question that still reaches you: the date, who called, what it was about, and who could have answered it.
- What to do with the results. How to read the log, see which decisions and relationships still run through you, and pick the first one to hand off.
A look at two of the six pages
Written for owners of trade, field service and industrial businesses who still get the call when something goes sideways, whether you plan to sell, hand the business to family or your top supervisor, or just take a real vacation.
A commercial excavation company we worked with still routed every exception through the owner's phone. Writing down who decides what, changing where the phones ring and a simple scorecard helped the owner move from short trips to a full week away while the business kept running.
Written by SweetSpot Business Advisors, whose founder has bought and grown Texas companies since 2019.
Questions owners ask before they download
Is it free, and how do I get it?
Yes. No payment and no card. Fill in the form and we email you a private link that works for three days. Download it as many times as you like in that window. If it runs out, fill in the form again and you get a new one.
What is the 14-Day Owner Absence Audit?
A free guide for running a two-week test of your business with you out of the day-to-day. It comes with a pre-test checklist, a Step-Away Call Log to record every call that still reaches you, and how to read the log and pick the first thing to hand off.
Will someone call me?
Only if you ask, or if we’ve already talked and have your number on file. The form doesn’t ask for a phone number. If you want to talk it through, tap Call me now after you sign up and we’ll call you in a few minutes.
Do I need a supervisor for this to work?
No. The checklist starts with who is in charge, even if the answer today is nobody. The call log shows where that gap costs you.
What if the test goes badly?
Then it did its job. Every line in the call log is a decision, an approval or a customer that still runs through you. That list is where the work starts, and it is far better to find it on dates you picked than during an emergency.
What should I do after I read it?
Run the test and fill in the call log. If you want help with the fixes, the Owner Value Overhaul is one day on site at your business, with a written plan of what to fix first about a week later.
What happens next
The guide comes to your email in a minute or two, with a private link that works for three days. Start with the pre-test checklist, then pick your two weeks.
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