I own a small agency but don't want to run day to day or team. Should it be a GM, Business manager, other?
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This is a great question and a situation I've faced a number of times.
Start with your own strengths, where you add value and where you want the business to go.
Then build out what you don't want to do, what you want to keep control of and what your ideal person looks like.
From experience I'd say that you need 2 people to run the agency - one who's operational and the other who's in charge of client strategy and client relations.
My approach, with all my businesses... depend on automated systems. If I can't find a way to automate business processes with zero humans, I walk away from the money.
At first glance this might seem a costly mistake.
There's a big difference between income + profit.
I focus on profit. If I can automate processes without humans, then a business scales forever.
Also, without humans involved, I know process correctness runs at 100%... and I have no humans, so no overhead expenses, so 100% profit.
My suggestion. Go for automated systems producing 100% profit rather than humans.
You should hire someone that understand how Management Operating System (MOS) works. An MOS is a process that allows the managers to drive results in your small business. You business has a MOS but it may be broken or flawed. I have used this system to drive results at ULA, Caterpillar, Bway, and others. If you don't, then you only minor results. This MOS system will GUARANTEE results.
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