The Business Succession Playbook_ How Leadership and Culture Create a Valuable Business

In this episode, Colette Kemp from SureStep Business Advisors shares her journey and insights on career transitions and the impact of geography on professional paths. She offers humorous anecdotes and discusses SureStep's approach to business advising, including educating clients on sale options and effective employee communication during sales. Colette highlights success stories, explains ESOPs, and shares a successful employee buyout example. Topics include preparing employees for ownership, ideal client profiles, exit strategy planning, business valuation, sale service fees, post-sale advice, handling seller's remorse, and communicating sales to customers. The episode wraps up with industry discussions and final encouragements.