Key Takeaway
Design your business to run like clockwork — without you. Identify your Queen Bee Role, protect it, delegate everything else through documented systems, and build a business that gives you your time and freedom back.
The Review
The third book in Michalowicz's entrepreneurship series (after The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First) tackles the problem of business owners who cannot take a vacation without everything falling apart. Clockwork provides a system for designing your business to run itself by identifying and protecting your 'Queen Bee Role' — the single most important function in your company — and building systems around it. The revised and expanded edition includes Gino Wickman's framework integration, making it compatible with EOS.
Book Details
Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
Published
2018
Pages
272
Rating
4.6/5
Copies Sold
200,000+
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