Business Preparedness Foundations™
Get organized. Understand what matters. Prepare for the unexpected.
If someone asked you today,
"What would happen to my business if I suddenly couldn't run it?"
Would you know where to begin?
Most business owners don't.
Not because they don't care.
Because no one has ever shown them how.
Business Preparedness Foundations™ is a live, guided business preparedness program designed to help Canadian business owners organize important information, understand what matters most, and build the strong foundation every business owner needs before creating a Business Continuity Plan.
Powered by The Dahlias Planner™ and The Business Executor Method™, you'll leave with practical tools, personalized resources, and a clear roadmap—not just another workbook or checklist.
STAGE → PREPARE
Best For: Canadian business owners who are the primary decision-maker in their business.
Available For
Sole proprietors
Self-employed professionals
Incorporated owner-operators
Small businesses with 1–20 employees
Format: Live, guided virtual program
Estimated Time Commitment: 1 hour live session each week and 30–90 minutes between sessions
Includes:
✔ Live instruction
✔ Guided implementation
✔ The Dahlias Planner™
✔ Personalized resources
✔ Accountability
✔ Action planning
Investment: $347 CAD +HST
Next Date: Sept 2026 - Details coming soon!
The Business Executor Method™
LEARN → Understand why business preparedness matters.
PREPARE → Get organized and build your foundation.
PLAN → Create your business continuity roadmap.
PROTECT → Support the people who may one day need to carry out your wishes.
Business Preparedness Foundations™ represents the Prepare stage of your journey.
This is where awareness becomes action.
What is Business Preparedness?
Business preparedness is the process of organizing the people, information, accounts, systems, and plans your business needs so that if you suddenly can't run it, your family, team, and professional advisors know what to do next.
It isn't about expecting the worst.
It's about reducing uncertainty.
It's about making future decisions easier because you've taken the time to get organized today.
Business preparedness creates clarity when life becomes uncertain.
For many business owners, this work has been sitting on the "I'll get to it someday" list for years.
This program gives you the dedicated time, structure, and guidance to finally begin.
Why Business Preparedness Matters?
When you're the primary decision-maker in your business, you're responsible for hundreds of decisions that most people never see.
You know:
how your business actually operates
your clients
your passwords
your software
your CRA account
your banking
your professional advisors
your subscriptions
your insurance
your team
your daily routines
where important information is stored
Most of this information isn't written down anywhere.
It's simply knowledge you've accumulated over years of running your business.
Now imagine you suddenly couldn't show up tomorrow.
Would someone else know:
where to begin?
who to contact?
how to access important information?
which decisions can't wait?
how your business actually works?
For many business owners, the honest answer is:
Probably not.
That's why business preparedness matters.
Not because something bad is guaranteed to happen.
But because life is unpredictable.
Illness.
Hospitalization.
Accidents.
Caregiving responsibilities.
Family emergencies.
Travel.
Even an unexpected leave from work.
Business preparedness helps ensure the people around you aren't left trying to figure everything out during an already stressful time.
Even better?
Getting organized today doesn't just help in a future emergency.
It makes running your business easier today.
Who This Program Is For?
Business Preparedness Foundations™ was created for Canadian business owners who know they need to get organized—but aren't sure where to start.
This program is an excellent fit if:
✔ You're the primary decision-maker in your business.
✔ Much of your business exists in your head.
✔ You've been meaning to organize your business for months (or years).
✔ You'd like guidance while working through the process.
✔ You appreciate accountability.
✔ You enjoy learning alongside other business owners.
✔ You want to protect both your business and the people who depend on you.
You do not need to have everything figured out before joining.
In fact, most participants don't.
This program meets you where you are today.
Why Learn In A Group?
One of the biggest advantages of Business Preparedness Foundations™ is that you're not doing this alone.
Each week, you'll work alongside other Canadian business owners who are asking many of the same questions you are.
Together you'll:
✔ Learn from real examples.
✔ Hear questions you may not have thought to ask.
✔ Better understand how other businesses operate.
✔ Set aside dedicated time to work on your business—not just in it.
✔ Stay accountable to your progress.
✔ Leave each session knowing exactly what to focus on before the next one.
For many participants, simply blocking one hour each week to focus on preparedness becomes one of the most valuable parts of the program.
Progress doesn't happen because you suddenly find extra time.
It happens because you intentionally make time.
What You’ll Learn and Build?
Throughout the program, we'll work through The Business Preparedness Pillars™, introducing the key concepts, responsibilities, and planning considerations every business owner should understand.
Together, we'll explore:
Business Foundation
Understand how your business is registered, where your important business records are stored, and what information should always be up to date.
Operations & Clients
Begin documenting how your business operates, who supports your business, and what someone would need to know if you were unexpectedly unavailable.
Review how you manage client information, communication, confidentiality, and the relationships that keep your business running.
Financial Readiness
Review your CRA account, banking relationships, business obligations, and the financial information your family or trusted advisors would need to locate.
Accounts & Access
Organize important online accounts, administrator access, passwords, and digital systems without compromising security.
Insurance & Benefits
Review your insurance coverage, employee or personal benefits, beneficiaries, and important policy information so you better understand what's in place and where to find it.
Legal & Professional Planning
Understand the role of wills, Powers of Attorney, authorized representatives, and the professional advisors who help support your business.
You'll also learn how to better prepare for future conversations with your lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, and insurance professional.
Business Continuity & Transition
Gain an introduction to business continuity planning and begin thinking about what should happen if you were temporarily or permanently unable to run your business.
This program does not build your complete Business Continuity Roadmap™.
Instead, it gives you the knowledge, organization, and confidence to build that roadmap when you're ready.
What You’ll Leave With
Business Preparedness Foundations™ is designed to help you make meaningful progress—not just take notes. Throughout the program, you'll complete practical activities and organize information that you can continue building long after the program ends.
You'll leave with a personalized collection of resources created specifically for your business, including:
✔ Your Business Snapshot™
A concise summary of your business that brings together the most important information in one place. This becomes the starting point for future preparedness and continuity planning.
✔ The Dahlias Planner™
Your personalized planning system, organized throughout the program and ready to continue building as your business evolves. Powered by The Business Executor Method™, The Dahlias Planner™ becomes your central place to organize important business information, contacts, notes, and planning resources.
✔ Core Business Information Summary™
A centralized overview of your essential business information, making it easier to locate key details and understand what still needs attention.
✔ Professional Advisor Directory™
An organized list of the professionals who support your business, including your lawyer, accountant, bookkeeper, insurance advisor, financial advisor, payroll provider, and other key contacts.
✔ Business Preparedness Action Plan™
A personalized roadmap identifying your next priorities based on your business, your current level of preparedness, and the areas that require additional attention.
✔ Will Planning Preparation Checklist™
A practical checklist to help you prepare for conversations with a wills and estates lawyer, ensuring you know the questions to ask and the information to gather before your appointment.
✔ Account & Information Inventory
An organized summary of the key accounts, registrations, and important information you've reviewed throughout the program, helping you identify what has been completed and what still requires attention.
✔ Greater Confidence
Perhaps the most valuable outcome isn't a document.
It's knowing where to find important information, understanding how your business is organized, and finally feeling like you've started preparing for the unexpected.
What You’ll Have When You’re Finished
By the end of Business Preparedness Foundations™, you'll have:
✔ A clearer understanding of how your business is organized.
✔ One central place for your most important business information.
✔ Greater confidence in knowing where key information lives.
✔ A stronger understanding of your responsibilities as a business owner.
✔ A personalized action plan showing exactly what to work on next.
✔ Practical resources you can continue updating as your business grows.
✔ A stronger preparedness foundation for your family, trusted advisors, and future planning.
Most importantly...
You'll no longer be wondering where to start.
You'll already be moving forward.
Every service at Your Business Executor is designed to leave you with practical tools, personalized resources, and a clear roadmap—not just another meeting or a blank template downloaded with the best of intentions, only to sit untouched.
How The Program Works
The program is intentionally paced to help you make meaningful progress without becoming overwhelmed.
Week One: Build Your Foundation & Understand Your Business
We'll introduce business preparedness, begin organizing your business information, and start building your personalized planning system using The Dahlias Planner™.
This week focuses on understanding how your business is structured. Together, we'll review your business registration, professional advisors, and important operational details.
Plus, you'll leave knowing exactly what to focus on before our next session.
Week Two: Accounts & Accountability
This week focuses on identifying the people, accounts, and information that keep it running.
We'll review your key business information, account management, digital access, professional advisors, and important operational details.
Week Three: Strengthen Your Preparedness
We'll review insurance, benefits, and introduce legal and professional planning concepts that every business owner should understand.
You'll also begin preparing for future conversations with your lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, and insurance professional.
Week Four: Build Your Roadmap
During our final session, we'll review your progress, identify your biggest opportunities, and create your personalized Business Preparedness Action Plan™ so you know exactly what comes next.
The goal isn't to finish everything.
The goal is to build momentum that continues long after the program ends.
Your Investment
Investment: $347 CAD + HST
Your investment includes:
✔ Four live, guided virtual sessions
✔ One hour of instruction and discussion each week
✔ The Dahlias Planner™
✔ Guided implementation activities
✔ Personalized planning resources
✔ Practical worksheets and checklists
✔ Business Preparedness Action Plan™
✔ Opportunities to ask questions throughout the program
✔ Accountability and structured progress
✔ Access to a supportive community of fellow business owners
The next Business Preparedness Foundations™ program will run in September 2026. Dates to be announced soon!
Why This Investment Matters
Most business owners invest in growing their business.
Marketing.
Software.
Professional development.
Equipment.
Very few invest in preparing the business they've already worked so hard to build.
Business preparedness is an investment in reducing uncertainty.
It helps you become more organized today, while making tomorrow easier for the people who may one day need to support your business.
Whether you're preparing for a vacation, surgery, caregiving responsibilities, retirement, or simply recognizing that life is unpredictable, the work you do today continues creating value long after the program ends.
Is This The Right Fit?
Business Preparedness Foundations™ is a great fit if you:
✔ Learn best with structure and accountability.
✔ Enjoy asking questions and learning alongside other business owners.
✔ Want dedicated time to finally focus on preparedness.
✔ Appreciate practical education instead of generic advice.
✔ Are ready to begin protecting your business—but don't know where to start.
This program may not be the best fit if you:
✖ Want someone else to organize your business for you.
✖ Are looking to complete a comprehensive Business Continuity Roadmap™ in only four weeks.
✖ Prefer to work independently without scheduled sessions.
If that's you, the Business Preparedness Starter Package™ may be a better fit.
Not Sure Which Option Is Right For You?
If you're looking for...
A live, guided learning experience with accountability and weekly momentum
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We recommend...
Business Preparedness Foundations™
A flexible, self-paced option with personalized review and support
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Business Preparedness Starter Package™
A complete business continuity roadmap with periodic guidance
3
Your Business. Your Plan.
A comprehensive, hands-on planning experience with monthly implementation support
4
Your Business. Protected.
Frequently Asked Questions
This information is educational and general in nature.
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No.
This program focuses on building your preparedness foundation.
You'll organize important information, understand key planning concepts, and identify your next priorities.
If you're ready to create a complete Business Continuity Roadmap™, Your Business. Your Plan. or Your Business. Protected. may be a better fit.
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Not at all.
In fact, that's exactly why this program exists.
Most participants have been thinking about getting organized for months—or even years—but didn't know where to begin.
Business Preparedness Foundations™ gives you dedicated time, practical guidance, and accountability to finally get started.
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Perfect.
You don't need to.
This program is designed to meet you where you are today.
You'll identify what's already in place, what's missing, and what should become your next priority.
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No.
This program was designed specifically for owner-operated businesses.
Whether you're a sole proprietor, self-employed professional, incorporated owner-operator, or have a small team of employees or contractors, the concepts can be applied to your business.
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No.
Business Preparedness Foundations™ provides education, practical guidance, and organizational support.
You'll leave better prepared for conversations with your lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, insurance professional, and other trusted advisors.
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Most participants spend between 30 and 90 minutes each week completing activities between sessions.
The exact amount depends on how organized your business already is and how much time you choose to dedicate.
The goal isn't perfection.
The goal is consistent progress.
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If you know you'll miss a session, please let us know in advance.
A recording is available, and we'll help you stay on track with the weekly activities.
Your Next Step
Business preparedness isn't something you finish in four weeks.
It's something you begin.
Business Preparedness Foundations™ gives you the dedicated time, structure, and guidance to stop putting this off and start making meaningful progress.
You don't need to do everything today.
But you do need to start.
Every business owner starts somewhere.
Whether you're just learning about business preparedness or you're ready to build a complete Business Continuity Roadmap™, every step you take today makes tomorrow easier for the people who depend on you.
Not sure where to begin?
✔ Take the Business Preparedness Score™
Discover how prepared your business is today.
✔ Book a Discovery Call
Let's talk about where to start.
✔ Learn about The Business Executor Method™
See how our Learn → Prepare → Plan → Protect framework helps Canadian business owners prepare for the unexpected.