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Darren.Smith
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11 months ago

AMA: I'm Darren Smith and I've just implemented a business succession plan, Ask Me Anything!

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rainier.reyes
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11 months ago

In yesterday’s Advisely webinar with anne.graham Tamara.Morey rod alexander.klomp, there was a great discussion about getting team buy-in on timeframes for delivery and some of the challenges associated with it.

So with something as massive as a business transition, I wanted to know did you encounter any difficulty with getting everyone in the team on board? And if so, how did you manage it?

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    Darren.Smith
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    11 months ago

    A great point Rainier
    Time is certainly one of the key constraints in any succession process
    We always had our plan as preparing the business and team for a trade sale given our size . So the focus primarily was always on improving the business to make it more attractive for a potential purchaser, so our business was ready . In terms of being able to communicate when the potential transaction was starting off we had restrictions as one of the parties was a listed entity. This was problematic as there was only a small inside circle until it was announced . 
     We had a challenging 7 week period where a lot was happening but we could not say anything .

     

     

     

     

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