EP 135: How to Design a Business that Runs Itself with Adrienne Dorison

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Adrienne Dorison is the Co-Founder of Run Like Clockwork™ alongside of author + speaker, Mike Michalowicz. Run Like Clockwork is a training + operations consultancy that equips CEO’s to design a business that runs itself + is based on the principles of the best-selling book, Clockwork. Adrienne has helped hundreds of business leaders — from Fortune 500 corporations to fast-growth startups — to expand their profit margins, cut costs + take a REAL vacation. Adrienne’s clients have been able to double, triple, and even 10X their companies growth, all while removing themselves from the day-to-day operation.

She’s personally passionate about baking in generosity into business models, + believes when we earn more money, we can give more back to the world. Adrienne lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband + their 2 dogs.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Adrienne and I talk about how to design a business that runs itself, along with her own journey to leveraging her strengths to help business owners do exactly that

Episode highlights + takeaways:

The evolution of Adrienne’s business throughout the past few years and how she navigated it.
What Adrienne learned about her strength of operational efficiency and what happened when she fully embraced it.
How her consulting has transitioned within the past year from just her to a full company that takes business owners through the Clockwork framework.
The difference between having a massage and having the right audience for that message.
The journey that business owners go through when they begin working with Run Like Clockwork™ in order to realign their business with their vision.
The risk you put yourself and your business at when you’ve created something that you can’t walk away from.
The double-edged sword of growing too fast and how that can affect your business if it’s not operationally ready.
Why waiting for “the moment” doesn’t work and how to focus on the now.
How to know if you should focus on the book or the live events in order to implement the Clockwork framework in your business.