Founder Independence · A free seven-day Plan
For founders with a team in place who still handle routine approvals and exceptions.
Agree one recurring decision your manager can make without asking you—and which exceptions still need you.
Free fillable PDF · Worked example · Conversation prompts
Delivered by email. Includes a clinic invitation. Marketing updates are optional.
A delivery date needs changing. A customer wants an exception. Two managers disagree about what comes first. Each question looks small; together, they keep you involved in work you thought you’d handed over.
A look inside the Plan
Instead of answering the same question again, agree the choices the delivery manager can make next time.
The example shows how to give them room to act while keeping customer promises and spending limits clear. Check they have the information and capability to use that authority.
Illustrative example. Adapt the boundaries to your business.
“What stopped you deciding this without me?”
Why the same questions keep returning
A manager can be responsible for delivery and still need you to approve every change.
If they don’t know which choices they can make, or when you’ll overrule them, asking you makes sense.
Start by making one decision clear.
For founders with a team already in place who still handle routine approvals, exceptions and competing priorities.
A note from Antony
“I’m Antony Draper. When everything comes back to the founder, I look at the agreement behind the work. Does the person know what they own, what they can decide and when to escalate?
This Plan gives you a way to have that conversation about one decision in your business.”
Experience in sales and operations at HP, Capita and in the public sector.
ANTONY DRAPER · ANTONY DRAPER ADVISORYThe Plan is arranged over seven days. Start with one decision and the first conversation prompts; you do not need to complete every worksheet before using it. The time needed depends on the decision and the person taking it on. If no suitable case occurs that week, test the agreement when one does.
Pick a decision that came back after you handed over the work. The Plan helps you examine the authority, information and boundaries behind it, then agree what needs changing. Check capability and competing commitments too. Decisions that still need your approval stay within their existing limits.
Yes. After requesting the free Plan, you can choose an optional personal Decision Handover Map review. The offer page explains the fee and scope. Your Plan is free whether you buy or not. Requesting it does not register you for the clinic or subscribe you to marketing updates.
Your first handover
Use the Plan to agree:
Then try it on a suitable case and review what happened.
You’ll receive the Seven-Day Decision Handover Plan: a fillable PDF with a worked example, conversation prompts and space to record your agreement and review. We’ll also invite you to the live Founder Independence Clinic.
Free to use. No purchase required. The Plan is a practical exercise; it does not guarantee business independence in seven days.
Free PDF by email + optional clinic attendance. Marketing updates are optional.