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Scaling from Solopreneur to Team
Grow beyond doing everything yourself by hiring the right first people, delegating with confidence and building simple systems that let your business run without you.
About this course
Move beyond doing everything yourself. Learn to hire, delegate, document processes, and build a team that lets your business grow without you.
What you will learn
- Recognise the signs that your business is ready for its first hires and decide which work to hand over first
- Audit your own time and design roles around clear outcomes rather than lists of tasks
- Choose between contractors and employees and hire effectively on a small budget
- Design affordable pay structures and onboard new team members without a dedicated HR function
- Document processes, set up coordination tools and run regular delegation and feedback routines
- Lead a small team, protect quality without micromanaging, and shape the culture of your first ten hires
Curriculum
Module 1Ready to Scale4 lessons
- 1Signs It’s Time to Hire Free preview
- 2What to Delegate First
- 3Founder Time Audit
- 4Designing Roles Around Outcomes
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2First Hires4 lessons
- 5Contractors vs Employees
- 6Hiring When You’re Small
- 7Affordable Compensation Structures
- 8Onboarding Without an HR Team
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Building Systems4 lessons
- 9Documenting Processes Simply
- 10Tools for Small Team Coordination
- 11Delegation and Feedback Rhythms
- 12Quality Without Micromanaging
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Leading a Growing Business3 lessons
- 13From Doer to Leader
- 14Culture in the First Ten Hires
- 15Course Project: Your First-Team Plan
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Your First-Team Plan
Who this course is for
- Solo business owners and freelancers who are overloaded and ready to grow
- Founders preparing to make their first one to ten hires
- Small business managers who want to delegate better and build simple systems
Requirements
- A computer or smartphone with a spreadsheet, a word processor and a messaging app
- A running business or freelance practice, even a very small one, to apply the lessons to
- No prior management or HR experience is needed
What is included
Written lessons
15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.
Module quizzes
A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.
Final project
Your First-Team Plan. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.
Certificate
A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.
How the certificate works
Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.
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