Small teams often fall apart when a key person leaves unexpectedly. The speaker walks through survey data on how small businesses and nonprofits handle absences, and why building systems and processes now makes the difference between chaos and continuity.
88% of small teams would either stop or struggle to operate if their key team member left for a unplanned four week trip. So if someone was sick, the entire organization would crumble and fall apart. If you work in a small, nonprofit, small business startup environment, pay attention to this next number. Because when we surveyed further and we asked, hey, what would happen if you were able to plan in advance for this four weeks, if it was like a four week vacation, something fun you could plan for, only 9% of the teams we surveyed said the ability to plan for that out of office would make any positive difference. That is both terrible and a huge opportunity for you. Because if you can get your business to the point where you could have your most valuable team member leave for four weeks, you know you're going to be beating 88% of the other teams out there, including your competitors. And how exactly might you go about doing that? Well, it starts by building systems and processes, which is exactly what we cover on this channel.
