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The Outsourcing Playbook: build a trained team in Jakarta in 30 days.

A free, step-by-step guide for companies building their first offshore team. What to hand over, how to brief it, and how to get a trained team doing real work in four weeks.

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What’s inside

Six chapters. One trained team.

Founders, COOs and team heads at growing companies in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China. Read it in about 20 minutes, then work through the checklist week by week.

  1. 1

    What to outsource first

    A five-question test to find the work that is ready to hand over, and what to keep in-house.

  2. 2

    Write a role brief that works

    The eight parts of a good brief, with a finished example you can copy.

  3. 3

    The 30-day plan

    Week by week: what you do, what your partner does, and how much of your time it takes.

  4. 4

    Onboard your team

    Access, training in stages, a communication rhythm and the security basics.

  5. 5

    Measure what matters

    Measures for each team, a weekly scorecard and the 30, 60 and 90-day reviews.

  6. 6

    Mistakes to avoid, and a checklist

    Eight ways offshore teams go wrong, and a printable checklist for every week.

A look inside

Practical, not theory.

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The five-question test for choosing what to outsource An example role brief for an accounts payable specialist The week-by-week 30-day plan Measures by team and a weekly scorecard

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