The Clockwork System™

The #1 Operational Efficiency Course for small business owners looking to stop overworking, free up their time, and sustainably scale.

Greater Profit
Margins

More Free
Time

Sustainable
Growth

Imagine being able to step away from your business for a day, a week, a MONTH, and nothing falls apart.

Sales are made, clients are served, bills are paid. And things don’t just hum along; they grow.

You come back to find you’ve made even more revenue, pleased even more clients.

This new success doesn’t place any more demands on you. Not your brain power, not your time, not your labor.

You could cry with relief, right?

We get that might sound “impossible” to you if you’ve been chained to your business all this time, holding it together with your own blood, sweat, and tears. Most of our clients show up a little burnt out and uncertain if they can really create a more efficient business that allows them the free time they want.

Raise your hand if this sounds familiar…

You desperately want to work ON your business instead of IN it all the time, but you’re not sure how to create space for that when there’s just SO much to do (and it all falls on your shoulders)

You’re itching to grow to the next level, make more money, and even open MORE businesses, but you don’t see how that’s possible without the entire thing (or YOU) breaking down

You know you’re losing out – on clients, sales, and new marketing and revenue opportunities – because you’re OVER capacity and things are already falling through the cracks

You’re tired of working in the vicious cycle of overselling your services to make the profit margins you want – which also means overworking yourself and your team (if you have one) and never seeing the real growth you want

You know you need support to free up your time and grow but you’re also scared to hire – either you don’t believe anyone can do it as well as you can, or you think “I can’t afford it!”

We get it, and we want you to know:
You’re SO not alone.

Free time, greater profitability, and more growth potential are 100% possible, and Clockwork is the proven path to get you there.

It just takes implementing next-level efficiency in three key areas:

01

Systems that run like a well-oiled machine, are built to work fast, and eliminate as many manual tasks as possible to save time, labor, and money.

02

Team that’s motivated to support the mission of your business, who fits perfectly into your vision, budget, and business model.

03

Leadership that inspires the team, sets the company culture, and innovates like a true CEO.

If you’ve been itching to step into the visionary role in your business, this is how you do it.

Because, when you have these three firing on all cylinders that’s the fuel that keeps your business clock ticking – and running – just like CLOCKWORK.

If you’re ready to stop working harder than you have to and build a company that doesn’t just run, but grows without you…

It’s Time to Implement

The Clockwork System™

The #1 operational efficiency system especially for small businesses, built to help you stop overworking, free up your time, and sustainably scale — for just $497!

The Clockwork System™ is just $497 and includes:

11 Comprehensive Training Modules

You’ll learn our proprietary operational efficiency system so you can apply it to your business immediately.

Get instant access to the curriculum of the program including simple, short video and audio lessons .

Dozens of Templates and Tools

We’ve spent years refining the core tools in The Clockwork System™, and now they’re accessible to you!

You’ll have everything you need to implement Clockwork.

Team Access To The Entire Course

This is not just for YOU; it’s for your team too. The faster they get access, the faster you get support with implementation.

They’ll be INSPIRED to hop in and get to work with you!

There is NO simpler, more straightforward way to apply the #1 operational efficiency protocol into your business.

We provide short, to-the-point video lessons and easy-to-follow worksheets, cheat sheets, and templates, so you can work through the program at your own pace, check each item off the list, and watch your personal to-do list shrink, week after week, as your business efficiency score increases.

Hi, I’m Adrienne!

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Run Like Clockwork, the company behind The Clockwork System™. As an operational efficiency expert and business owner myself, I had to say “HECK YES” the minute Mike Michalowicz (the multi-multi-million dollar founder and bestselling author) asked me to partner with him on this company. Why? Because I understand firsthand the struggles and challenges that small business owners face.

There aren’t a lot of operational efficiency solutions out there that effectively apply to small businesses (those in the $50k to $3M+ per year range). And, as someone who’d been personally helping clients create efficiency inside their small businesses – I saw with my own eyes the downside of trying to apply “BIG BUSINESS SOLUTIONS” to small businesses.

In short: It’s over-complicated and results in both you (and your team) feeling micromanaged, resentful, and unmotivated instead of what we want: free to thrive, energized and inspired.

There IS a way to effectively apply operational efficiency to small businesses - but it’s not what anyone else teaches or any other book covers. So I agreed with Mike that it was time for us to bring these complex “corporate” concepts down to the ground in a way that would actually help individual business owners.

Small businesses are such an important part of the fabric of our economies – the jobs they create and the freedom they can provide to you and your family is incredible. But when you’re overworked and your team is miserable, underperforming, or nonexistent – it certainly does not feel incredible. Exhausting and overwhelming, maybe, but not incredible!

I get it.

This is why we created The Clockwork System™, to help pull you – one step at a time – out of the chaos and into ease, efficiency, and a whole new level of growth potential.

What They Say About The Run Like Clockwork Process…

  • “In these pages, you will find the missing link that will prepare your business and your mind for the next stage of growth. You will make the transition from serving your business to it serving you. You are about to own a business that runs itself.”

    Gino Wickman, author of Traction and Entrepreneurial Leap

  • "[Clockwork] shows how you, too, can achieve the dream of an enterprise that thrives while you enjoy all life has to offer."

    Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the Clock and What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

  • "Many - if not most - entrepreneurs are barely keeping their heads above the rising tide of tasks demanding their attention. What if you could design your business so that you could climb above the grind and focus on just the work you really want to do? In Clockwork, Mike sets out a seven-point plan for doing just that.”

    Daniel H. Pink, author of When and Drive

  • "Clockwork teaches you to own your business rather than run your business. It will give you more free time, more automated cash, and more freedom to be yourself. I'm grateful for this easy-to-implement system."

    Donald Miller, author of Building a Storybrand

I'm ready to clockwork my business

By this time next year,
you will have…

Identified your company’s highest-value activities

and learned how to take action, eliminate, or delegate for maximum speed and growth

Developed effective systems and processes

that means nothing falls through the cracks, all profit leaks are plugged, and your team members are empowered to get things done without you (goodbye, stress!)

Hired your dream team (even if it’s just one perfect unicorn)

who will be trustworthy, motivated, and enthusiastic to grow with you and your business

Created solid tracking systems

so you always have a CLEAR picture of what’s happening – and you’re never scrambling to pull together numbers or letting leads slip away due to human error

Cleared your schedule of unnecessary tasks giving you tons of free time

thanks to having bulletproof systems, a solid team, and a clear understanding of roles, responsibilities, and what the real priorities are

Made it possible to take an entire 4 weeks off WHILE YOUR BUSINESS GROWS ITSELF

because you did the work to set this up and knew precisely how to prepare for it

Testimonials

  • “Our business has completely changed. We’ve just promoted three team members, doubled our revenue, and our profit margins are looking great! You have helped us SO much.”

    - Katie DePaola

  • “We just hired and I just got 12-15 hours of my week back!”

    - Michael Shreeve

  • “100% because of Clockwork, I took my mom on her dream vacation and spent all my time WITH her – not on the phone for work! To boot – my team hired the new staff member I approved and are moving our physical office location WHILE my butt sits on the beach in a cabana!”

    - Lynette Young

  • “I no longer work on Mondays as of next week, except for a 15-minute check-in call with the team and bi-weekly coaching.”

    - Tanya Neufeld

  • “The clockworking process has allowed me to continue to make money to support my family and yet at the same time spend an average of 6 to 8 hours per day with my son. This bonding time is literally priceless (as I am sure you know all about). I think a great hook for your service could be ‘We double the time Small Business Owners spend with their kids without them sacrificing a single dollar of profit.”

    - JP Lal

Here’s what you’ll do inside the
The Clockwork System™

We’ve taken the entire framework from the book Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself and broken it down into small, easily digestible sections.

In each module, you’ll watch bite-sized training videos that explain each part of the framework and have accompanying tools and templates that will help you seamlessly implement what you’ve learned into your business.

You’ll be able to work at your own pace and come back and revisit the modules again and again as your business grows!

Module 1:

The Clockwork System™️

Learn why your business is still stuck, and how this course will change that

Module 2:

Identify + promise

Learn who you are serving and declare your big promise to them

Module 3:

Determine the QBR

Clarify your company’s highest value, and the activities that generate it

Module 4:

Protect and serve the QBR

Establish primary roles for the team (even for a team of 1 or 2) to maximize your efficiency and value

Module 5:

Find your 4D Mix

Get immediate clarity on where the time is really going and how to make the most of it

Module 6:

Delegate tasks with ease

Effectively delegate by establishing a code for decision-making that turns both you and your team into confident, efficient leaders

Module 7:

Capturing systems & processes

Use a simple process to capture your existing systems, optimize, and maximize them to easily manage projects going forward

Module 10:

Bottlenecks

Identify your biggest bottlenecks so you can plan effectively and accordingly for ASAP growth

Module 8:

Rebalance the team for long-term growth

Learn how to effectively balance your team’s talent to help you grow faster and improve retention

Module 11:

Vacation planning

Everything you need to do before, during, and after your 4-week Clockwork vacation.

Module 9:

Master your metrics

Set up a metrics dashboard that will allow you to instantly get a snapshot of how your business is performing at all times

You’ll finish this course with solid systems, a trustable and motivated team, and fully owning the role of visionary so you can lead your business into a bright future and continue to grow without sacrificing time with loved ones, your life, or yourself.

Vacations will happen without worry, stress, or a crushing to-do list when you get back.

Weekends will be fun again, with no fires to put out in the middle of your kids’ soccer game, Sunday brunch, or date night.

Evenings will be for resting, enjoying your family and friends, and doing what you love – reading, binge watching tv, cooking delicious meals, getting active, or finding a local adventure.

This will all be happening WHILE your business GROWS.

And best of all? 

It’s just one payment of $497!

If you’re reading this thinking to yourself “I don’t have TIME for this”, you won’t have it next year or the following either.

But you DO have the choice to change that now.

If your business operations is the thing that’s eating up ALL of your time, the best thing you can do for yourself is begin to fix that from the ground up - and that’s exactly what we help with.

Even if you can only watch one video per day or create one new system per week, it’s WORTH IT to get started ASAP so that by next month, next season, or next year – your business (and schedule) will look and feel very different.

Got some questions?
Well, we have answers.

  • Small business owners who want the business to run without it being fully dependent on them. Whether you’re currently a solopreneur and know you’re ready to start hiring or have a full team of 40 – implementing The Clockwork System™️ so that you can grow + scale your business while removing yourself from the day-to-day is your next step to ensure you don’t end up stressed out, burned out, and resentful of your own business.

  • The process is simple! Once you purchase the course you’ll be given instant access to the materials.

    We suggest you go through it in the order we’ve laid it out, but you are able to jump around and implement as you see fit!

    Each module has training videos and tools/templates for you to implement what you learn.

  • Clockwork isn’t something that takes up more of your time, it’s about teaching you how to think differently about everything you currently do. This program is all about giving you more of your time back to focus on the highest-value pieces of your work, but that doesn’t happen overnight.

    Beyond that, more often than not, time spent implementing Clockwork is just you doing your regularly scheduled work… so the average person spends 1-3 hours per week learning + they start recouping that time and more after a few modules.

  • YES! We encourage it! Your investment includes access for you + your team to go through this program together!

  • We didn’t hold anything back in the book. But my question to you is if you could do it on your own, why haven’t you yet? Many leaders tend to resist asking for support. And nobody is an island. Entrepreneurship doesn’t happen alone, this system can help.

  • If you have the drive to grow your business to serve more people, want to be more efficient with your resources + growth, are feeling stuck inside the business, and want to find a way to get back to the things that light you up, the Clockwork System™️ is right for you. You’ll learn how to remove yourself from the day-to-day quickly while setting the business up to GROW, even if you have no idea what that looks like yet.

    Whether you have a team of 40 or are currently the only one working in the business, growing + scaling your business while removing yourself from the day-to-day is your next step to ensure you don’t end up stressed out, burned out, and resentful of your own business.

  • You’re in the right place. REGARDLESS of the size of your business, you’ll learn how to grow while keeping the team lean, as well as exactly who your next hire needs to be and how to get them onboard.

  • You’re in the right place. You’ll learn exactly how to bring your team into this process and how to best utilize your team members to Clockwork your business even faster WITHOUT it creating more work for you personally.

  • The best way to get support while implementing Clockwork is to work with one of our Clockwork Certified Partners!

  • It’s an incredible thing the lengths your brain will go to keep you from moving forward. If we put as much energy into taking action as we did avoiding action, we’d be so much further along! This has worked with entrepreneurs through all different types of business.

whether your business is making $100k per year or $3M+ per year – this process will work for you.

The minute you identify your bottleneck, you can address it with the right system, support, and approach, and then, what’s really getting in the way of your growth DISAPPEARS. With the ceiling that’s keeping you where you are suddenly gone, the sky really does become the limit. 

But that truly can’t happen without Clockworking.

Here are some helpful questions to ask:

What would be possible if you had the capacity to book 20% to 100% more business next year – without burning out?

What’s it worth to you to take a 4-week vacation – while your business grows – without stressing about anything falling through the cracks?

What is your potential ROI from investing just $497 into a course like this?

We can’t make this stuff up

  • “I’m more than halfway through my 2-week vacation and enjoying it to no end. I’ve not had this much time away from work since I started the business. I’m getting my life and soul back. No words for how grateful I feel for RLC. Crying as I write this.”

    - Ela Thier

  • “We just purchased another company that operated with 5 employees and were able to streamline it so we only need 2 people to run it, and we’ve grown the revenue 50%.”

    - Nathan Foeller

  • "2 wins in this story. Win 1: I was able to completely focus on the buildout of our new space while my team took care of our existing business without a hitch and carried on without me. I don't think I had to answer one single question or make one decision about the existing business the whole time. Win 2: Because of my ability to focus on the buildout completely, we were able to open the new space and see our first client on the date planned! My local business community is completely baffled as to how I was able to do it, and I just say "RLC and my team!"

    - Olivia Brown Latham

  • "The decision-making tools and permissions, along with 3Ts ongoing using Trello. Big insights for me and may have paid for the entire cost of this program (for real)."

    - Chris Baylis

  • "I just wanted to let you know that I finally took my 4-week vacation and my business ran without me. We even onboarded a new employee while I was out. It was a huge success and it's because I Clockworked my business."

    - Michelle Mitchell

Get ready for real transformation

Implement The Clockwork System™️ now!