A business that can't run without you is worth less than one that can.

Five questions. You get a dependency score, a breakdown of what is driving it, and the research behind it, including an indicative range for what the gap is worth. You will not get a dollar estimate, and we explain exactly why.

1. If you disappeared for six months, what happens?

Operational continuity - 25% of score

2. Your top five customers: who do they think they have a relationship with?

Customer relationship ownership - 25% of score

3. How much of how the business runs is written down somewhere?

Documented systems - 20% of score

4. How many decisions above $1,000 happen without you?

Decision authority - 15% of score

5. Is there a person who could run this in three years? Do they know it?

Successor bench - 15% of score