The Fine Art of Handing Over
As of June 2006, there were almost 2 million businesses in Australia, and almost 2 out of 3 of those are single-person businesses - the solopreneurs, if you like. A proportion of these businesses must be contractors working for a company as a contracted employee, but the vast majority are people like, well, you and me - soloists who have a niche, and are actively making a go of their business…
…but what happens when soloist turns into… soloist, plus one?
Obviously, you’re doing something right, so my hearty congratulations - but suddenly, some major selling points of being a solo businessperson turn into a real surprise: whereas before, you didn’t have to have meetings with yourself, or write down internal memos from your marketing department to your accounting department - now, suddenly, you have to hand stuff over to your new employee. Very scary stuff.
But how do you get your knowledge out of *your* brain, and into the hands of your new staff? For that matter, this is just as important if you’re in a client/service relationship or even if you’re in a parent/child relationship - so take heed all ye bosses/clients/parents!
