The 5D 540 Operating System installs five systems, in order, that take you out of the day to day: Direction, Delegate, Design, Document and Digitize. Get your free Scale Readiness Score to see where you stand.
One question for each of the five D's.
See your weakest pillar.
Get the one fix that unlocks the most time.
Set the target, the scorecard and the priorities so the whole team pulls the same way.
Move decisions off the founder's desk with clear ownership and the trust to let go.
Build the org chart, roles and meeting rhythm your next stage of growth actually needs.
Turn tribal knowledge into SOPs and playbooks anyone on the team can run.
Automate the repeatable work and put AI where it saves real hours, not where it looks impressive.
Count the hours you spend on work a system or a teammate could own. Put in your own numbers.
Everything lived in the owner's head. Processes documented and digitized, a remote team hired, people moved into the right seats, and the client journey mapped. More high-value clients and a new planning revenue line.
The owner was in every deal with no SOPs or consistent deliverables. Team playbooks and a one-to-many model. The team grew from 1 to 3, revenue climbed, and family time came back.
I've led and grown sales teams for more than ten years and served as a Chief People Officer. The 540 is the operating system I install so owners can step out of the day to day and build a company worth more to the next owner.
Owners of companies doing $3M+ in revenue who want the business to run without them and to be worth more to the next owner.
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Sales Rx fixes one system, sales, in four weeks. The 540 installs all five pillars across the whole company.
