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Key takeaways
A growth time worksheet is a one-page sheet that records, for each person affected by outsourcing, the hours freed, the growth goal those hours fund, the owner, the measure and the actual result. It is used to plan before the handover and to check at 30, 60 and 90 days. It keeps the whole plan visible.
- One row per person.
- Columns: hours freed, goal, owner, measure, actual.
- Fill before the handover.
- Update at 30, 60 and 90 days.
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Chat on WhatsApp →What is on the worksheet?
The worksheet has one row for each person whose routine work is moving out. Columns record their role, planned hours freed, the growth goal they fund, the goal owner, the measure of success and actual results at each review. A final row totals hours and shows overall conversion of freed hours to growth work.
How do you fill it in?
- Start with the team growth time audit.
- Estimate hours freed from the work moving out.
- Assign each person's hours to a growth goal.
- Agree the measure with the goal owner.
- Leave the actual columns blank until the reviews.
How do you use it at reviews?
At 30, 60 and 90 days, fill in actual hours freed, actual growth hours and progress on each measure. Highlight gaps and agree one action per gap.
When is a worksheet not enough?
When several teams and providers are involved, a fuller plan with dates and dependencies is needed. The worksheet stays as the summary.
What does this look like in practice?
A pattern we see: a firm's worksheet shows six people and 34 planned hours. At day 60, actual growth hours are 19, mainly because two people's hours went to provider questions. Fixing the question routine lifts the figure by day 90.
Worksheet checklist
- One row per affected person.
- Hours, goal, owner and measure filled before handover.
- Actuals updated at each review.
- One action per gap.
- Totals and conversion calculated.
Next step
Draw the worksheet with six columns and fill the first three for your planned handover.
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Chat on WhatsApp →Sources and further reading
- Employee earnings in the UK (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings) · Office for National Statistics
- Write a business plan · GOV.UK
Frequently asked questions
How do I plan freed hours after outsourcing?
List each affected person, estimate their hours freed, assign those hours to a growth goal with an owner and a measure, and record actual results at 30, 60 and 90 days. A one-page worksheet keeps the plan visible to everyone involved.
What should a growth time template include?
Person and role, planned hours freed, the growth goal funded, goal owner, measure of success and actual hours and results at each review. Totals at the bottom show overall hours freed and the share reaching growth work. Revisit the answer each quarter, because team capacity and priorities change as the business grows.
How often should the worksheet be updated?
At 30, 60 and 90 days after the handover, then quarterly. Updating more often adds effort without much insight; less often lets leaks go unnoticed for too long. Keep earlier versions so you can see how the plan changed.
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Global Bridge Labs (GBL) is a UK–Sri Lanka partner for social media, websites and BPO. Everything here comes from client delivery, not theory.
