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The Walkaway Number · Chapter 16 · Let the gates set the date

The Walkaway Checklist

Organize departure evidence into four tracks. Critical gates outrank completion counts.

Output: A dated four-track readiness file, five critical-gate decisions, deliberate waiver records, and a controlled departure-window route.

Time: Forty-five minutes for setup, then rerun before notice

This dashboard updates automatically as you complete the fields below.

Critical gates0 / 5 closed
Evidence-ready items0 / 15 evidence-ready
Departure routeDate blocked: critical gates remain open.

Use the gate, not the count

Critical gates outrank completion counts. Ten easy checks can't outvote missing supportable math, continuous health coverage, understood legal boundaries, usable near-term cash, or household agreement.

Mark each item Complete, In Progress, Not Started, or deliberately Waived. Some legal, coverage, and funding failures aren't sensible waiver candidates.

Indexed decision file

Track 1

Financial and Benefits

0 / 6 evidence-ready

1. Support the current target, assets, and spending with dated evidence.

Critical gate

Not started.

2. Support vesting and tax treatment with dated evidence.

Supporting item

Not started.

3. Reconcile transition cash dates, selected buffers, and named reserves without double-counting.

Critical gate

Not started.

4. Document replacement coverage and its effective date so health coverage remains continuous.

Critical gate

Not started.

5. Show that the plan survives zero unsigned revenue and immediate acceptance of notice.

Supporting item

Not started.

6. Align distribution and rollover decisions with current plan rules and qualified advice where needed.

Supporting item

Not started.

Track 2

Legal

0 / 3 evidence-ready

7. Review the employment documents under Chapter 13's process and understand the legal boundaries.

Critical gate

Not started.

8. Cover covenants, solicitation, confidentiality, intellectual property, outside activity, conflicts, equity, bonus, clawbacks, return of property, deletion, and continuing duties.

Supporting item

Not started.

9. Route broad or ambiguous provisions, ownership questions, and planned outreach for qualified review.

Supporting item

Not started.

Track 3

Professional

0 / 3 evidence-ready

10. Build a handoff naming responsibilities, owners, decisions, controls, deadlines, and open risks.

Supporting item

Not started.

11. Keep reference and network communication within current duties and Chapter 13's boundaries.

Supporting item

Not started.

12. Make any paid-work plan follow Chapter 12's evidence ladder.

Supporting item

Not started.

Track 4

Personal

0 / 3 evidence-ready

13. Rehearse the Chapter 14 weekly design through an ordinary week.

Supporting item

Not started.

14. Record household agreement on space, spending, care, schedule, communication, and decision rights.

Critical gate

Not started.

15. Give every critical dependency an owner and backup.

Supporting item

Not started.

Departure window and notice sequence

The window opens only after every critical gate closes and every remaining item has dated evidence, an owned action, or a valid waiver.

The checklist still has an unresolved gate, item record, or departure-window field.

The 180-Day Transition Sequence

  1. Six months out: Build one indexed decision file.
  2. Five months out: Close financial and benefits evidence.
  3. Four months out: Complete legal and tax review.
  4. Three months out: Build and test the handoff.
  5. Two months out: Rehearse household cash and the weekly design.
  6. Final month: Rerun every critical gate with current facts.

A failed critical gate moves the date. Don't reinterpret the checklist to protect an announcement already made.

Boundary

No unsigned revenue or generic completion percentage closes a critical gate. Some legal, coverage, and funding failures aren't sensible waiver candidates.

Completion Test

Every critical gate is complete or has a deliberate waiver naming the risk, reason, owner, mitigation, advice, and review date. Every remaining item has dated evidence or an owner and next date.

Monday Move

Open the file with the five failures that could move the date. The calendar follows the gate, not the announcement.

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