A Leverhaus service: Readiness Audit

Know exactly what’s costing you time before you commit to fixing it.

A two-week look at the one place your work is stuck. We watch it happen, count what it costs, rank the fixes by hours saved against effort, and hand you a short written recommendation. No retainer. No guessing.

Built for CEOs, founders, operations leads, and nonprofit executive directors who can feel something’s broken but can’t yet prove where, or what it’s costing.

Book a free discovery call

Not the same as a free consultation. The discovery call tells us whether this is a fit.

The Readiness Audit is the work itself: one workflow, watched and counted, delivered in writing.

Not the same as a free consultation. The discovery call tells us whether this is a fit. The Readiness Audit is the work itself: one workflow, watched and counted, delivered in writing.

The Problem

Most operational problems are easy to feel and hard to price.

You know something's slow. You don't know what it's costing you, or which fix would pay for itself first. A repetitive task rarely looks expensive one instance at a time. A stalled initiative costs more quietly: it sits for months, not because the work is hard, but because no one has had time to look at it closely. This audit answers that in writing, within two weeks, before you commit to anything bigger.

Most operational problems are easy to feel and hard to price.

You know something’s slow. You don’t know what it’s costing you, or which fix would pay for itself first. A repetitive task rarely looks expensive one instance at a time. A stalled initiative costs more quietly: it sits for months, not because the work is hard, but because no one has had time to look at it closely. This audit answers that in writing, within two weeks, before you commit to anything bigger.

How it works

Intake session

A working conversation about how the stuck work actually runs today, not how the org chart says it works.

Watch the work

We look at the systems, ownership, and decisions around that one workflow against real use, not assumptions. Two short working sessions with the people who touch it. We count the waits, the re-keys, and the handoffs.

Ranked by hours and effort

Every fix we find is ranked by hours saved against effort required, so you know what to fix first, not just what's broken.

Written report + walkthrough call

A short report that's yours to keep. It recommends one of three things: do it yourselves, bring in Leverhaus, or leave it. We'll tell you honestly which makes sense, then walk through it together before you decide anything.

What we look for

Every audit covers one workflow at one location or program. These are the patterns that most often turn out to be the stuck spot.

Founder-led businesses. An approval queue that runs through the owner, and a tracker only the owner trusts.

Professional firms. Intake that stalls in one inbox, and invoices assembled by hand.

Nonprofits. Program data typed into finance a second time, and board materials rebuilt by hand before every meeting.

Trades and clinics. Scheduling, no-shows, and follow-up that never leaves the owner’s phone.

If the funder calendar is what’s slipping (reports, renewals, asks), that’s a Foundation Sprint, not an audit.

What a finding looks like

Approvals wait in one inbox. On a Tuesday, eleven finished proposals sat in the owner’s email. The oldest was six days old. Hours a month: 5, estimate. Cost of the delay: proposals reaching clients a week late. Effort: small. First step: the account lead sends proposals under an agreed amount without owner sign-off, starting Friday.

Illustrative example, not a client. Every real finding names the date we saw it.

Pricing & Timeline

$2,000 · One location or program · Delivered in two weeks

Paid in full before work starts. A second location or program is a separate audit, scoped on the call. Sign on for any Leverhaus engagement of $2,000 or more within 30 days of your walkthrough, and the full audit fee comes off your first invoice. No obligation either way.

Why Leverhaus

Merry Jones

Principal

I spent 20+ years inside Fortune 500 companies, a national bank, consulting firms, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits, solving the operational problems that quietly slow good teams down. You're not handing your operation to a junior automation shop — you're working with someone who has lived the work.

We treat your systems and data with the same discipline learned in regulated, enterprise environments. Confidentiality is written into the agreement, and we're glad to sign an NDA if you'd like one.

Email: merry@leverhaus.co

Phone: (213) 875-5100

FAQs

What if the audit doesn’t find anything worth fixing?

Am I obligated to hire Leverhaus after the audit?

What does the actual report look like?

How long does it take?

Is my data handled securely?

What if the audit doesn’t find anything worth fixing?

Am I obligated to hire Leverhaus after the audit?

What does the actual report look like?

How long does it take?

Is my data handled securely?

What if the audit doesn’t find anything worth fixing?

Am I obligated to hire Leverhaus after the audit?

What does the actual report look like?

How long does it take?

Is my data handled securely?

Ready to see exactly where the time is going?

Before you buy software or hire for it, find out what the stuck work actually costs.

Let's start with a short call to confirm scope. If what you're describing turns out to be a narrower, specific fix, we'll say so and point you there. The audit is one option, not the only one.

Before you buy software or hire for it, find out what the stuck work actually costs.

Let’s start with a short call to confirm scope. If what you’re describing turns out to be a narrower, specific fix, we’ll say so and point you there. The audit is one option, not the only one.