Plan4exit

Preparing for an exit is usually a one-time challenge that a business leader will face. A good exit requires both superb preparation and careful execution of the plan. That means not only knowing your business inside out, but being able to demonstrate its key attributes to the outside world.

And while it usually takes only subtle changes to prepare your business for exit, like adjusting how you target, measure and report business performance, it does take guidance to get it right.

That’s where we come in...

2nd Head will help you plan these subtle changes and implement your exit strategy successfully. We’ll also enable you to take a balanced view of how your business is viewed, so you can identify where improvements could be made and maximise value.

We’ll help you to understand how possible acquirers will view things and how to structure information to satisfy them. You’ll be able to be confident and open about your business and express things in their terms.

Dealing with frustrations

For the first time, you’ll be answering seemingly endless questions on what, why and how the business is doing and intends to do in the future. This is intrusive and annoying to many business leaders, who’ve been running their business successfully for many years without question.

So we help you prepare for these questions and handle them in the most accurate and professional way possible. We’ll do this by ensuring that you have clear, demonstrable and appropriate information to ease the due diligence process.

Forecasting for success

Any acquiring company will scrutinise your forecasts and pull them apart to establish their validity. We can help ensure that they are robust and representative so they stand up to the most rigorous investigation.

Plan4exit consultancy includes:

Management Information review – what information have you been producing on a regular basis? How does this help you and you senior team to steer the business? What sort of metrics do you use? Who sees this information?

Human capital – what value do your employees really bring to your business? What sort of measures are used? What are the mechanisms for Performance Management?

Communicating change – premature knowledge of acquisition can lead to unnecessary anxiety and loss of key employees. We help you manage communication with shareholders and stakeholders in a timely and considerate manner.

Following our analysis, we’ll formulate a plan to help you implement any necessary changes and include in this appropriate measurements for success.

Plan4exit can also form part of a combined business consultancy service with Plan4growth.