Between the deadlines, the decisions, and the constant demands of running your business, there’s a question that sits in the back of your mind.
Does your business run without you?
Whether you grow it, sell it, hand it down, or just take a real vacation, ask yourself:
When everything feels important, nothing becomes a priority.
Two businesses can score the same in an area for very different reasons. One gets there through systems and a capable team, the other because the owner handles it personally. Only the first holds up when the owner steps back.
The Stress Test measures both: how well each area works today, and how much of it depends on you or a few key people.
Built from published research on business continuity and succession planning. See how the questions were developed.
Each of the seven areas gets a score, along with how much of it depends on you. Then your 90-day plan ranks what to fix first.
Each step is ranked by risk and by what your goal needs most.
Your feedback and score for this area appear here, drawn from how you answered.
Your steps appear here after you complete the Business Stress Test.
Your feedback and score for this area appear here, drawn from how you answered.
Your steps appear here after you complete the Business Stress Test.
Your feedback and score for this area appear here, drawn from how you answered.
Your steps appear here after you complete the Business Stress Test.
Your results show on screen when you finish. Email them to yourself if you want. Up to you.
You can also share your answers anonymously to help improve the test. Or don’t.
Some fixes need a CPA, attorney, or banker. When they do, your report says so. See who we’d call
This is a sample report. Your results will depend on your business and your answers. The Stress Test is a screening tool, not a valuation.
Send the Stress Test to a client before you meet. They’ll come in knowing where the business depends on them and what to fix first. It’s free, and their results stay with them unless they choose to share.
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Built by a former nurse and healthcare quality advisor, Hexiss brings a different perspective on business health: assess first, identify what carries the most risk, then act. The Stress Test tells you where to focus. Your 90-day plan shows what to do next.
24 questions, about 10 minutes. See how seven areas of your business hold up, where it depends on you, and what to fix first in the next 90 days. Free, results on screen.