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Joseph Preparedness Scorecard: Is Your Business Ready for a Lean Season?

Many businesses don’t fail in the good years. They fail in the lean season. The Joseph Preparedness Scorecard helps Christian entrepreneurs see how ready their business is for a slow quarter, a lost client, or a downturn. Rate seven areas from 1 to 5, get your score, and find the one area to fix first. It takes about 10 minutes and doesn’t ask for your email.

This is the free resource from Lesson 1 of the Biblical Business Blueprint course, “Joseph’s 7-Year Plan.” Watch the lesson on YouTube.

How to score: read the questions in each area, then rate the whole area. 1 = not in place · 3 = partly in place · 5 = fully in place and reviewed.

1. Cash Reserves

Genesis 41:34–36

  • Do you have a separate reserve account?
  • How many months of operating expenses are set aside?
  • Do you automatically transfer a percentage of revenue to reserves?
2. Contingency Planning

Proverbs 22:3

  • Have you identified your slowest months?
  • Do you have a written plan for what to cut if revenue drops 30%?
  • Do you review your forecast every quarter?
3. Customer Concentration

Ecclesiastes 11:2

  • Do you know what share of revenue comes from your top 3 clients?
  • Could your business survive losing your largest client?
  • Are you actively diversifying your client base?
4. Sales Systems

Proverbs 21:5

  • Do you have a documented lead-generation process?
  • Do new leads get a response within 60 minutes?
  • Do you track where every lead comes from?
5. Leadership Documentation

Exodus 18:17–23

  • Are your core processes written down?
  • Could someone run the business for 2 weeks using your documents?
  • Is every role clearly defined?
6. Operational SOPs

1 Corinthians 14:40

  • Are onboarding, delivery, and support procedures written?
  • Are they reviewed at least once a year?
  • Could a new team member follow them without verbal training?
7. Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:7

  • Do you have an intentional giving plan?
  • Is giving built into your financial system, not just leftovers?
  • Does your business serve people beyond profit?

Why Joseph? A Biblical Plan for Business Preparedness

In Genesis 41, Joseph warned Pharaoh that seven years of abundance would be followed by seven years of famine. He didn’t stop at the warning. He proposed a system: appoint overseers, set aside one fifth of the harvest during the good years, and store it in reserve. When the famine came, Egypt survived, and people from surrounding lands came to buy grain.

The principle still works for business: abundance is the time to prepare for scarcity. This isn’t a promise that faithfulness guarantees wealth. It’s a picture of wise stewardship that protects your team, your clients, and your ability to serve.

What the Scorecard Measures

  • Cash reserves: money set aside on purpose before you spend.
  • Contingency planning: knowing your slow seasons and your plan for them.
  • Customer concentration: how exposed you are if one client leaves.
  • Sales systems: a documented, tracked way to win new business.
  • Leadership documentation and SOPs: a business that runs without you in every decision.
  • Generosity: giving built into your system, not left to leftovers.

The Free Biblical Business Blueprint Course

Biblical Business Blueprint is a free weekly YouTube course from MCNM Marketing. Each lesson turns one biblical principle into a practical system for your business: cash flow, pricing, ethical marketing, leadership, delegation, and planning.

Lesson 1: Joseph’s 7-Year Plan: How Entrepreneurs Prepare for Hard Times

Scorecard FAQ

Is the Joseph Preparedness Scorecard free?

Yes. It’s free, it runs in your browser, and it doesn’t ask for your email. Your answers aren’t saved or sent to us.

How long does it take?

About 10 minutes. You can print or save your results when you’re done.

Is this financial advice?

No. The scorecard is an educational self-assessment. Talk with a qualified accountant, attorney, or financial professional before making decisions for your business.

Can MCNM Marketing help me build these systems?

Yes. Request a free marketing audit and we’ll review your website, lead follow-up, and tracking, then give you a prioritized 90-day plan.

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More Free Tools from MCNM Marketing

The scorecard shows you where your business is exposed. These two tools help you put numbers to the gaps it finds.

  • Free Local SEO Checkup — 12 questions that score your Google Business Profile, reviews, website, and lead follow-up in about 2 minutes. Start here if your scorecard flagged sales systems.
  • Missed Call Calculator — enter your call volume and average job value to see what unanswered calls cost you each month. Useful if your scorecard flagged customer concentration or sales systems.