We are currently generating ten million in revenue and targeting twenty-five million, but our Accountability Chart only reflects our current day-to-day firefighting. How do we build a forward-looking Accountability Chart without inflating our overhead?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

An Accountability Chart should not reflect what your business did yesterday. It must reflect the structure required to execute your three-year picture as captured in your V/TO. If you only map out your current headcount, you will continually recreate today's bottlenecks.

To design for twenty-five million without bloating overhead, separate structure from payroll.

Gather the leadership team and ask: what does the organization look like when we are successfully delivering twenty-five million in revenue? Map out that future chart completely. At twenty-five million, you will likely need specialized functions that do not exist today, such as dedicated Procurement, specialized Product Development, or separate Enterprise and Mid-Market delivery seats.

Define the five core roles for every future seat on that chart.

Once the ideal future structure is established, look at your existing team and begin mapping names to seats. In a growth phase, one person will frequently hold multiple seats. Your Integrator might temporarily hold the Head of Operations seat and the Human Resources seat. Your top salesperson might hold the Sales Director seat and an Account Executive seat.

Putting one name in multiple seats is completely acceptable in EOS. What is not acceptable is putting multiple names in one seat.

This exercise clarifies your hiring roadmap. You do not hire immediately for every open box. Instead, you wait until the person holding multiple seats hits their capacity limit. When that happens, you know the exact roles, measurables, and profile needed for your next hire.