The Method — Compound
The compound phase checklist
Use this checklist to know whether Compound is genuinely finished: if you cannot produce a governed monthly rhythm and a documented standard, it is not.
7 min read · Reviewed by both partners
Every item below is pass or fail. Partial credit is how phases get declared complete while the business stays stuck.
The point of Compound is holding the gain and making it repeatable rather than heroic. The checklist just makes that testable.
Step by step
The goal is written and it forces a change
A goal that the current operation would hit anyway is not a goal. It should make something uncomfortable.
The numbers came from your system, not an estimate
Estimates feel efficient and quietly invalidate everything downstream.
One thing is named, not five
Compound ends with a single item. A list of five means the phase has not converged.
Somebody disagreed and was answered with evidence
Unchallenged conclusions in this phase are usually just the loudest opinion in the room.
It is written down where the team can see it
A governed monthly rhythm and a documented standard, in a document with a date on it.
Common mistakes
Checking boxes to reach the next phase
The purpose is not to finish Compound. It is to be right about holding the gain and making it repeatable rather than heroic.
Accepting ‘we already know this’
Frequently true and frequently wrong. If it is known, writing it down costs an hour and settles it.
Frequently Asked Questions
The compound phase checklist?
Every item below is pass or fail. Partial credit is how phases get declared complete while the business stays stuck.
What should a business owner do with this before booking an Assessment?
It sits under The Compound Phase 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.
Is there an account team?
No. David Mitroff and Steven Lockhart do the work themselves, which is why capacity is limited and why the diagnosis comes before any commitment.
References
- www.usa.gov — primary source
- www.bls.gov — primary source
- www.nfib.com — primary source
Check your own Compound against this
Most businesses fail two of the five, and always the same two.
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