Free tools
Find out in minutes where your business's biggest lever is. Practical tools that run in your browser, with no sign-up, and end with an action plan.
ActionCOACH Porto offers free tools for owners and managers: a quick assessment of about 5 minutes, a performance audit of about 25 minutes organised by the stages of the ActionCOACH Method, a manager self-assessment, a 12-month cash flow map with CSV export, a SMART goal builder and guides to time and team management.
Tools
- Quick assessment: Five minutes to see where your business stands in six areas, with a recommendation for each.
- Performance audit: A fuller questionnaire, organised by the stages of the ActionCOACH Method, with a chart and a printable version.
- Manager self-assessment: Short questions about your management routine: lists, meetings, one-to-ones, goals and feedback.
- Cash flow map: Twelve months of receipts and payments in an editable table, with a balance chart and CSV export.
- SMART goals: A guided builder that turns an intention into a specific, measurable goal with a deadline.
- Management guides: Practical checklists for time management and team management.
- Hamster wheel simulator
Time management
- Log one real week in 30-minute blocks before you change anything.
- Mark each block as value, support or waste, and tackle the waste first.
- Set three priorities a day and do the most important one before you open your email.
- Batch similar tasks, such as calls, emails and approvals, into fixed blocks.
- Protect a weekly slot in your diary to work on the business rather than in it.
- Delegate one decision a week, with clear criteria.
- Say no, or not yet, to requests that do not serve your goals.
- At the end of the week, review what you did and plan the next one.
Team management
- Write down for every role what is expected and how it will be measured.
- Hire for attitude and values, and train the skills.
- Plan the first 90 days for every new starter.
- Hold a short weekly meeting, with the numbers on show and clear commitments.
- Book regular one-to-ones with each person.
- Give feedback straight away, and in private when it is to correct.
- Recognise in public what goes well.
- When something fails, look for the cause in the system first and only then in the person.
FAQ
Are the tools really free?
Yes. You do not need to sign up to use them.
Is my data stored?
No. Your answers and figures stay in your browser and disappear when you close the page. We only receive your details if you ask to talk to a coach.
Can I keep the result?
Yes. The audit, the cash flow map and the SMART goals can be printed or saved as PDF, and the cash flow map can be downloaded as CSV.