Practical frameworks for decisions that should not live in your head.
Some business questions are easier to deal with once they are written down.
Leask checklists and templates help owners and leadership teams review the areas that matter, identify gaps and turn broad intentions into practical next actions.
They are designed to be used – not downloaded and forgotten.
Could Your Business Run Without You?
The Exit & Succession Readiness Checklist
You do not need to be selling your business to benefit from making it less dependent on you.
Use this practical checklist to review six areas:
- Owner Dependence
- Financial Visibility
- Team & Leadership
- Systems & Processes
- Customers & Commercial Risk
- Governance & Future Options
Answer Yes / Partly / No and identify where the biggest dependencies currently sit.
Designed to be used – not downloaded and forgotten.
Start with what can be improved now.
See where the business relies on you
Owner dependence is easier to address while you still have time and choices.
Find the gaps before somebody else does
A buyer, successor, investor or new leadership team may eventually ask questions that are easier to answer when the foundations are already in place.
Turn ‘one day’ into practical action
Exit and succession planning often feels too large because the owner starts with the end.
This checklist starts with what can be improved now.
Explore the wider financial and operational foundations.
Exit Readiness Assessment
Explore the wider financial and operational foundations behind succession or future sale.
Business Value Assessment
Understand some of the factors strengthening or weakening the transferability and value of the business.
A stronger business gives the owner more choices.
Sell it. Pass it on. Bring in leadership. Step back. Or simply stop being the person everything depends on.
The preparation is valuable whichever route you ultimately choose.