Service — The Authority & Connection Engine
How the authority & connection engine fits with the other six deliverables
The authority & connection engine is one of seven deliverables, and it only does its job when the three Foundation steps have already produced theirs.
6 min read · Reviewed by both partners
The ladder has a fixed order: Assessment, Brand Book, Plan of Action — then whichever recurring programs the Plan specifies.
This deliverable’s own job: referral and reputation infrastructure built as a system rather than a habit.
Step by step
The Foundation comes first
$4,500 for three steps. Nothing recurring is scoped before those exist.
What this one consumes
The outputs of whatever precedes it. That is why the order is not negotiable.
What it hands forward
Referral and reputation infrastructure built as a system rather than a habit — which the next thing built depends on.
Which programs run alongside
The Plan decides. Some businesses need one recurring program, some need none, and a few need three.
What the floor is
$5,000 a month combined for anything recurring, whichever programs the Plan names.
Common mistakes
Buying deliverables à la carte
The ladder is a sequence, not a menu. Individually purchased steps produce individually useless outputs.
Assuming more programs means faster growth
Usually the opposite. Focus is what the Plan is for.
Frequently Asked Questions
How the authority & connection engine fits with the other six deliverables?
The ladder has a fixed order: Assessment, Brand Book, Plan of Action — then whichever recurring programs the Plan specifies.
Which of Growth-Scaling’s seven services actually addresses this?
It sits under The Authority & Connection Engine in the Growth Scaling Method. The next step for an owner is the $1,500 Assessment, which reads your own numbers against everything described above.
What does working with Growth-Scaling cost?
Four thousand five hundred dollars for the Foundation, split evenly across three deliverables. Recurring work is quoted afterward and never starts below five thousand a month.
Who works on the account?
The two founders, directly. David Mitroff, Ph.D., handles strategy; Steven Lockhart handles systems and measurement. Nothing is passed to a junior team.
References
- www.sba.gov — primary source
- www.bbb.org — primary source
- www.score.org — primary source
See the whole ladder
Published pricing, fixed order, and the honest no where it applies.
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