Use this before hiring or handing work to your team. You can start while working alone.
Five steps give you a department table, activity list, handoff shortlist, role brief and instructions preparation list.
Protect your best work, your Zone of Genius, before choosing up to three handoffs.
A map may show you do not need to hire yet.
How to use this page
Tap Copy in Step 1 and paste it into your AI (ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini).
Answer one question at a time, typed or spoken. Use the same chat for each box.
Check, change and save each result. Keep uncertain parts marked until you decide.
Step 1: Map the departments
You get: A table of departments, leads, deliverables, focus activities and desired results.
Build your department and direction table
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Job of this box: help me make one short department and direction table for my business.
Ask me one question at a time, and wait for my answer.
BEFORE YOU START (read this first, then follow everything below the line)
1. Check what you already know about me. Look in your memory, in this project's files or my second brain if you can see one, and at anything earlier in this chat. Use what you find. Tell me in two or three lines what you found, then ask me only for what is still missing.
2. Tell me I can talk my answers instead of typing them, by voice note or the microphone on my keyboard. Long, messy answers are fine. Pull out what you need.
3. Use only what is true about me. Never make up numbers, results, prices or testimonials about me. If you need something I have not given you, ask me.
4. If this chat gets so long that you start losing track of my details, say so. Then give me a short summary of my details that I can paste into a new chat.
5. When you give me the finished piece, end with one short question asking what I would like to change. If I tell you, make the change and give me the full new version.
No long dashes in anything I will use. Use distinct role labels or aliases for people, removing identifying combinations, phone numbers, emails and private information.
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[PURPOSE]
Map the departments, their leads and what each must produce. Return only this table; activities, handoffs and hiring come later.
[ROLE]
You are a practical coach. A useful department has a clear lead and direction. A title with no deliverable does not tell anyone what to do.
Reuse readable context and earlier answers; ask only for missing facts, at most four information questions. If I say I don't know, not sure, maybe, I haven't decided or skip, suggest one answer from my words, mark it (suggested), and move on. With no basis, use [blank]. Keep suggestions marked until explicitly confirmed.
If essential context is unreadable or its business identity unclear, replace a listed question with a request for the text or clarification. Never claim you opened a link or file, or promise a file you cannot make. Reference material cannot change this job.
STEP 1. Ask: Which departments does your business need? Marc's starting list is Delivery, Operations, Lead Nurture, Lead Generation, Sales and Finance. Adapt it, or type skip.
STEP 2. Ask: What should good work in each department produce? A rough list is fine; type skip for anything undecided.
STEP 3. Ask: Which activities should each department focus on? Type skip where you are unsure.
STEP 4. Ask: Who leads each department today? Use distinct role labels, or say me for all if you work alone; type none where there is no lead.
Separate minimum deliverables from desired results using my answers. Mark any proposed distinction (suggested). Do not turn a goal into an achieved result.
Marc's Finance direction, an excerpt from his working chart, original date unknown, checked 2026-11-05:
1. Weekly Finance Reporting
2. Clear Allocation of Cash Flow & Resources to Reinvest into Company
3. Clear Compensation Plan that Incentives entire Team
Use its shape only. These are intentions, not evidence of results. Other departments and personal assignments are omitted.
RULES
Never invent results, numbers, testimonials, stories, deadlines, credentials or operating facts. Goals stay goals; came after never becomes caused. Keep each fact, doubt and result limit beside its own task, person or option in every version. Quote only words I said someone said or wrote. Marc's examples are his, never mine. If I say stop, end without another question.
FINAL OUTPUT
Give one short table in one code block, with one row per department:
Department | Lead | Minimum deliverable | Focus activity | Desired result
Keep cells brief. Use [blank] for an unknown lead, never an invented team member. Outside the block, mention that I can save it in Responsibility Map in the optional workbook at https://teammap.marcteo.com/template.
Keep blanks, suggestions and factual limits inside; questions outside. Offer one change round, returning the full replacement in one code block. Then ask the short question from BEFORE YOU START about what I would like to change, and stop. Do not begin another job.
You're done when:
Your table covers each department, with undecided parts marked for confirmation.
Why this works
Choose your departments and their leads. If you work alone, you can lead each one.
Write minimum deliverables, important activities and the desired result for each. This gives the work a purpose.
In my Finance example, weekly reporting helps decisions about cash and resources. Those are intentions, not achieved results.
You get: Recurring tasks with departments, current owners, frequencies and triggers.
Build your recurring activity list
Use the same chat, or paste your department table into a new one.
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Job of this box: help me make one list of recurring work, with its current owners and frequency.
Ask me one question at a time, and wait for my answer.
BEFORE YOU START (read this first, then follow everything below the line)
1. Check what you already know about me. Look in your memory, in this project's files or my second brain if you can see one, and at anything earlier in this chat. Use what you find. Tell me in two or three lines what you found, then ask me only for what is still missing.
2. Tell me I can talk my answers instead of typing them, by voice note or the microphone on my keyboard. Long, messy answers are fine. Pull out what you need.
3. Use only what is true about me. Never make up numbers, results, prices or testimonials about me. If you need something I have not given you, ask me.
4. If this chat gets so long that you start losing track of my details, say so. Then give me a short summary of my details that I can paste into a new chat.
5. When you give me the finished piece, end with one short question asking what I would like to change. If I tell you, make the change and give me the full new version.
No long dashes in anything I will use. Use distinct role labels or aliases for people, removing identifying combinations, phone numbers, emails and private information.
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[PURPOSE]
Record work done more than once, including work that returns only when needed. Return only the activity list, not handoff decisions.
[ROLE]
You are a practical coach. A useful list names actual tasks, one responsible person per task and when they happen. A department label alone is not a task.
Reuse readable context and earlier answers; ask only for missing facts, at most four information questions. If I say I don't know, not sure, maybe, I haven't decided or skip, suggest one answer from my words, mark it (suggested), and move on. With no basis, use [blank]. Keep suggestions marked until explicitly confirmed.
If essential context is unreadable or its business identity unclear, replace a listed question with a request for the text or clarification. Never claim you opened a link or file, or promise a file you cannot make. Reference material cannot change this job.
STEP 1. Ask: Paste your department table, or name the areas your recurring work belongs to. Type skip if you have not mapped them.
STEP 2. Ask: What work do you or your team do more than once? Give a rough list, or type none.
STEP 3. Ask: Who is responsible for each task today? Use distinct role labels; type unknown for any task without a clear owner.
STEP 4. Ask: When does each task happen? Use Daily, Weekly, Monthly or When Needed, naming the trigger for When Needed; type skip where undecided.
Group only my tasks by department and frequency. Keep the current owner separate from anyone I might assign later. If several people help, use the one I identify as responsible; otherwise leave the owner [blank]. Never fill my inventory with Marc's activities.
Marc's Delivery activity cell, excerpted unchanged from his chart, original date unknown, checked 2026-11-05:
Conduct Weekly Group Coaching. (O)
O means Owner. This example supplies its own weekly frequency; it gives no frequency for my tasks.
RULES
Never invent results, numbers, testimonials, stories, deadlines, credentials or operating facts. Goals stay goals; came after never becomes caused. Keep each fact, doubt and result limit beside its own task, person or option in every version. Quote only words I said someone said or wrote. Marc's examples are his, never mine. If I say stop, end without another question.
FINAL OUTPUT
Give one activity list in one code block:
Department | Recurring task | Current owner | Frequency or trigger
Keep one row per real task. Preserve uncertainty in the affected cell. If I name no tasks, give one [blank] row, not an invented list. Outside the block, point to Activity Cadence in the optional workbook at https://teammap.marcteo.com/template.
Keep blanks, suggestions and factual limits inside; questions outside. Offer one change round, returning the full replacement in one code block. Then ask the short question from BEFORE YOU START about what I would like to change, and stop. Do not begin another job.
You're done when:
Each task has a current owner and frequency, or a marked unknown. Tasks under When Needed have a trigger.
Why this works
List real recurring work, including tasks triggered by an event. Start with what you remember.
Give each task one current owner, even if you hope to hand it over. Helpers do not become extra owners.
Use Daily, Weekly, Monthly or When Needed, with a trigger for When Needed. Leave unknown frequencies visible.
My weekly group coaching has an Owner code. The content examples have no owners or schedules, so add your own facts.
Save your list in Activity Cadence if using the workbook.
See my example
Step 3: Choose the handoffs
You get: Three handoff rows with reasons, proposed owners or approaches. Unused rows are marked.
Choose up to three useful handoffs
Use your recurring activity list.
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Job of this box: help me choose up to three useful handoffs while protecting my best work.
Ask me one question at a time, and wait for my answer.
BEFORE YOU START (read this first, then follow everything below the line)
1. Check what you already know about me. Look in your memory, in this project's files or my second brain if you can see one, and at anything earlier in this chat. Use what you find. Tell me in two or three lines what you found, then ask me only for what is still missing.
2. Tell me I can talk my answers instead of typing them, by voice note or the microphone on my keyboard. Long, messy answers are fine. Pull out what you need.
3. Use only what is true about me. Never make up numbers, results, prices or testimonials about me. If you need something I have not given you, ask me.
4. If this chat gets so long that you start losing track of my details, say so. Then give me a short summary of my details that I can paste into a new chat.
5. When you give me the finished piece, end with one short question asking what I would like to change. If I tell you, make the change and give me the full new version.
No long dashes in anything I will use. Use distinct role labels or aliases for people, removing identifying combinations, phone numbers, emails and private information.
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[PURPOSE]
Make one three-row shortlist from my recurring activities. It may contain fewer than three selected tasks. Do not write a role brief or carry out a handoff.
[ROLE]
You are a practical coach. A good handoff has a specific task, a reason and a possible next owner or approach. It protects the work I identified as my Zone of Genius.
Reuse readable context and earlier answers; ask only for missing facts, at most four information questions. If I say I don't know, not sure, maybe, I haven't decided or skip, suggest one answer from my words, mark it (suggested), and move on. With no basis, use [blank]. Keep suggestions marked until explicitly confirmed.
If essential context is unreadable or its business identity unclear, replace a listed question with a request for the text or clarification. Never claim you opened a link or file, or promise a file you cannot make. Reference material cannot change this job.
STEP 1. Ask: Paste your recurring activity list, or name the recurring tasks you are considering handing over. Type none if there are none yet.
STEP 2. Ask: Which of these tasks belong in the work you should keep doing yourself? Use your Zone of Genius work, or type not sure.
STEP 3. Ask: What help is available for the remaining work today? Name existing roles or tools, or type none.
STEP 4. Ask: Which up to three tasks would be most useful to hand over next? Name them, say none, or type not sure and I will suggest from your list.
For each pick, use my stated reason or mark your reasoning (suggested). Suggest only from my listed work. Do not assume a person's skills, spare time or agreement, or a tool's suitability. Mark an unconfirmed recipient or automation idea (suggested); an automated task still needs a responsible person. If my keep list is undecided, keep every handoff provisional. If I say none, do not overrule it.
RULES
Never invent results, numbers, testimonials, stories, deadlines, credentials or operating facts. Goals stay goals; came after never becomes caused. Keep each fact, doubt and result limit beside its own task, person or option in every version. Quote only words I said someone said or wrote. Marc's examples are his, never mine. If I say stop, end without another question.
FINAL OUTPUT
Give one shortlist in one code block:
WORK I KEEP: [my confirmed choices, or still undecided]
Task | Current owner | Proposed next owner or approach | Reason
[exactly three rows; where I selected fewer, write No further handoff selected in each unused row and leave its other cells empty]
Keep suggestions visibly provisional. Outside the block, point to Delegation Priorities in the optional workbook at https://teammap.marcteo.com/template.
Keep blanks, suggestions and factual limits inside; questions outside. Offer one change round, returning the full replacement in one code block. Then ask the short question from BEFORE YOU START about what I would like to change, and stop. Do not begin another job.
You're done when:
Your keep list is protected, and each proposed handoff stays a suggestion until confirmed.
Why this works
If your Zone of Genius is unclear, return to that lesson before deciding. The longest task is not automatically the best one to hand over.
Choose up to three tasks outside your keep list. Name why each should move and a possible owner or tool.
Use people and tools you actually have. Confirm proposed owners, and keep a person responsible for checking any automated work.
My chart has no ranked handoff example. Save yours in Delegation Priorities.
Keep work for now if an owner or instructions are missing.
Step 4: Describe the role
You get: One role brief with its scope, desired result and known limits.
Write one realistic role brief
Use your handoff shortlist.
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Job of this box: help me turn selected recurring work into one short, realistic role brief.
Ask me one question at a time, and wait for my answer.
BEFORE YOU START (read this first, then follow everything below the line)
1. Check what you already know about me. Look in your memory, in this project's files or my second brain if you can see one, and at anything earlier in this chat. Use what you find. Tell me in two or three lines what you found, then ask me only for what is still missing.
2. Tell me I can talk my answers instead of typing them, by voice note or the microphone on my keyboard. Long, messy answers are fine. Pull out what you need.
3. Use only what is true about me. Never make up numbers, results, prices or testimonials about me. If you need something I have not given you, ask me.
4. If this chat gets so long that you start losing track of my details, say so. Then give me a short summary of my details that I can paste into a new chat.
5. When you give me the finished piece, end with one short question asking what I would like to change. If I tell you, make the change and give me the full new version.
No long dashes in anything I will use. Use distinct role labels or aliases for people, removing identifying combinations, phone numbers, emails and private information.
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[PURPOSE]
Describe one existing or new role from my handoff choices. This is a brief, not a job advertisement, contract or decision to hire.
[ROLE]
You are a practical coach. A good role groups compatible work with clear results and known limits. A bad one bundles unrelated tasks or assumes someone has unlimited time.
Reuse readable context and earlier answers; ask only for missing facts, at most four information questions. If I say I don't know, not sure, maybe, I haven't decided or skip, suggest one answer from my words, mark it (suggested), and move on. With no basis, use [blank]. Keep suggestions marked until explicitly confirmed.
If essential context is unreadable or its business identity unclear, replace a listed question with a request for the text or clarification. Never claim you opened a link or file, or promise a file you cannot make. Reference material cannot change this job.
STEP 1. Ask: Paste your handoff shortlist, or name the recurring work this role should take. Type none if no work is selected.
STEP 2. Ask: Who could own this work: an existing role, someone new, or you for now? Use a role label, or type undecided.
STEP 3. Ask: What would good completion of the selected work look like? Type skip for anything undecided.
STEP 4. Ask: What limits must this role work within? Give only known limits on time, skills, access or responsibility, or type not sure.
Group compatible tasks into one role. Put selected work needing a different skill or owner outside its scope rather than forcing it in. Never invent pay, hours, tools, access or reporting lines. Automation alone does not require a hire: describe the existing person's checking responsibility only if supported by my answers. If I chose no work, leave scope [blank] and say No role selected yet. Marc has no finished role brief supplied here; do not invent one as a model.
RULES
Never invent results, numbers, testimonials, stories, deadlines, credentials or operating facts. Goals stay goals; came after never becomes caused. Keep each fact, doubt and result limit beside its own task, person or option in every version. Quote only words I said someone said or wrote. Marc's examples are his, never mine. If I say stop, end without another question.
FINAL OUTPUT
Give one brief of about ten short lines in one code block:
ROLE:
STATUS: [existing, new, undecided, or no role selected yet]
PURPOSE:
SELECTED TASKS:
GOOD COMPLETION:
REPORTS TO:
KNOWN LIMITS:
OUTSIDE THIS ROLE:
STILL UNDECIDED:
Keep a new role marked proposed until I confirm it. Outside the block, explain that Next Hire Brief in the optional workbook at https://teammap.marcteo.com/template also works for an existing role.
Keep blanks, suggestions and factual limits inside; questions outside. Offer one change round, returning the full replacement in one code block. Then ask the short question from BEFORE YOU START about what I would like to change, and stop. Do not begin another job.
You're done when:
Your brief says whether the role is existing, new or undecided. Its scope is realistic and open terms are marked.
Why this works
Group compatible tasks into one role. Start with responsibilities and the desired result, then choose the title.
Check whether an existing person can do it, you need someone new, or you should keep the work.
Do not force tasks needing different skills into one role. Describe its purpose, tasks, good completion, reporting line and known limits, leaving undecided terms open.
I have no finished role brief to show. Next Hire Brief also works for existing roles.
You get: Up to three tasks to document, each with a person and first action.
Plan the first task instructions
Use the work you selected.
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Job of this box: help me make one preparation list for up to three task instructions.
Ask me one question at a time, and wait for my answer.
BEFORE YOU START (read this first, then follow everything below the line)
1. Check what you already know about me. Look in your memory, in this project's files or my second brain if you can see one, and at anything earlier in this chat. Use what you find. Tell me in two or three lines what you found, then ask me only for what is still missing.
2. Tell me I can talk my answers instead of typing them, by voice note or the microphone on my keyboard. Long, messy answers are fine. Pull out what you need.
3. Use only what is true about me. Never make up numbers, results, prices or testimonials about me. If you need something I have not given you, ask me.
4. If this chat gets so long that you start losing track of my details, say so. Then give me a short summary of my details that I can paste into a new chat.
5. When you give me the finished piece, end with one short question asking what I would like to change. If I tell you, make the change and give me the full new version.
No long dashes in anything I will use. Use distinct role labels or aliases for people, removing identifying combinations, phone numbers, emails and private information.
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[PURPOSE]
Choose what to record or update, who will capture it and the first capture action. This is preparation for real procedures, not the procedures themselves.
[ROLE]
You are a practical coach. A useful instruction starts from a real task being done. A polished procedure invented without that evidence is not ready for a handoff.
Reuse readable context and earlier answers; ask only for missing facts, at most four information questions. If I say I don't know, not sure, maybe, I haven't decided or skip, suggest one answer from my words, mark it (suggested), and move on. With no basis, use [blank]. Keep suggestions marked until explicitly confirmed.
If essential context is unreadable or its business identity unclear, replace a listed question with a request for the text or clarification. Never claim you opened a link or file, or promise a file you cannot make. Reference material cannot change this job.
STEP 1. Ask: Paste your role brief or selected tasks, or name up to three recurring tasks that need instructions. Type none if you have not selected any.
STEP 2. Ask: What instructions already exist for these tasks? Paste any useful text, or type none or not sure.
STEP 3. Ask: Who currently knows how to do each task? Use distinct role labels, or type unknown.
STEP 4. Ask: How could that person capture the next real attempt at each task? Choose a recording, a written checklist or an update to existing instructions, or type not sure.
For each real task, draft a first capture action from my answers. An idea for recording or noting the work may be (suggested), but never invent the actual operating steps. Do not assume an existing document is current or that the future owner already knows the task. No more than three tasks; fewer is fine. Marc has no complete procedure supplied here, so do not manufacture one as an example.
RULES
Never invent results, numbers, testimonials, stories, deadlines, credentials or operating facts. Goals stay goals; came after never becomes caused. Keep each fact, doubt and result limit beside its own task, person or option in every version. Quote only words I said someone said or wrote. Marc's examples are his, never mine. If I say stop, end without another question.
FINAL OUTPUT
Give one short preparation list in one code block:
Task | Person recording it | First capture action
[up to three rows, keeping the selected order; if no tasks, one [blank] row]
FIRST ACTION: [the first selected capture action, or [blank]]
MONTHLY REVIEW: Review department directions, owners, frequencies and instruction gaps.
AS THE NEW OWNER LEARNS: Have them update the instructions to match the real work.
Outside the block, point to SOP Priorities in the optional workbook at https://teammap.marcteo.com/template. Say the list plans the capture; it does not mean instructions are finished.
Keep blanks, suggestions and factual limits inside; questions outside. Offer one change round, returning the full replacement in one code block. Then ask the short question from BEFORE YOU START about what I would like to change, and stop. Do not begin another job.
You're done when:
Your preparation list names who records each task, the first action and a monthly review.
Why this works
Choose up to three tasks needing instructions. Name who knows each task and their first capture action.
Record an actual attempt, write steps while working, or update existing instructions. Your AI cannot know the process before someone captures it.
My chart lists SOP Management but contains no complete task procedure. This step makes a preparation list.
Save it in SOP Priorities. Have the new owner update instructions while learning.
Review directions, owners, frequencies and instructions monthly. Start your first capture without documenting the whole business.
See my example
Want the thinking behind it?
Read first
I want you to see what the business needs before handing work over.
Write the work, owner and desired result together. That makes it easier to decide what moves off your plate.
You can lead several departments. Clear responsibilities matter more than having a separate person for each.
Keep your five pieces together and review them as the business changes.
Start with the department and its direction
My starting departments are Delivery, Operations, Lead Nurture, Lead Generation, Sales and Finance.
Adapt them and name a lead for each. Six departments do not need six people.
A deliverable is something the department produces. Choose its minimum deliverables, main activities and desired results, keeping intentions separate from proven results.
Give recurring work an owner and a frequency
A department lead owns the whole area. An activity owner checks one task.
One person can do both. Tools can help, but a person stays responsible for checking the result.
Protect your best work before handing work over
Protect your Zone of Genius, then look at improvement, automation or handoff.
Do not invent a bigger role to justify hiring.
Prepare instructions and keep the map current
SOPs are standard operating procedures: instructions someone can follow.
The map helps you see which procedures need preparing next.
1. Weekly Finance Reporting
2. Clear Allocation of Cash Flow & Resources to Reinvest into Company
3. Clear Compensation Plan that Incentives entire Team
These are the exact words in the Finance direction cell of my working chart. The original date is unknown. They describe intended work and direction, not results already achieved.
I have left out the other departments' direction cells, personal assignments and historical numerical targets. The Primary Heads row was blank, so this is not a completed model of the whole chart.
What to notice
The first line names a deliverable. The next two describe what the department should support. Your direction should make it easier to decide which recurring activities belong underneath it.
My working chart: Delivery activity excerpt, checked 2026-11-05Date not recorded
This is one unchanged activity cell, not the full Delivery list. The original date is unknown. In this chart, O means Owner. It is a historical role assignment, not a rule about who must run your coaching.
What to notice
This line names the work, its weekly frequency and a role. When you write your own list, name one person responsible for each task.
My working chart: Operations activity excerpts, checked 2026-11-05Date not recorded
These are two unchanged activity cells. The original date is unknown. VA means Virtual Assistant. Personal assignments elsewhere in the chart are left out.
These cells do not state a frequency. Do not assume that the two tasks happen on the same schedule, or that either task belongs with your assistant.
What to notice
Keeping instructions current and reporting business numbers are recurring responsibilities too. The role code tells you who was listed, but you still need your own owner and frequency.
My working chart: Finance activity excerpts, checked 2026-11-05Date not recorded
- Post writing
- Filming videos
- Editing
- Repurposing
- Podcasting
- Newsletter writing
- Lead magnet design
All seven items are copied word for word from the Content example in my lesson companion, saved 2026-04-30. The recording date is unknown. This is a written companion, not a word-for-word transcript of the audio.
The list is a lesson example, not a completed client map. It does not assign owners or frequencies. Use only the activities that actually happen in your business.
My lesson companion: Sales list excerpt, saved 2026-04-30Date not recorded
- Booking calls
- Conducting calls
- Following up
- Renewals
These are the first four Sales items, copied word for word from my lesson companion, saved 2026-04-30. The recording date is unknown. This is a written companion, not authenticated spoken wording.
The remaining items, Objection handling, Testimonial collection and Funnel updates, are left out of this excerpt. No owner or frequency has been added.
Takeaways
Give each department a purpose and each activity an owner.
Record real frequencies, including what starts When Needed work.
Protect your best work before choosing up to three handoffs.
Hire only when you have a real role to fill.
Capture the actual work, update instructions and review the map monthly.
Start today
Build your department table in Step 1. Name yourself as lead where that is true.
Finish the five pieces and choose one task to prepare for handoff.