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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Successful Exit Planning Is A Long Well-Planned Process

Does the idea of selling your business frighten you? For most CEOs or presidents, selling a business is often a nightmare. You can't sell your business just right away. Exit planning is a long, well-planned process. Usually it takes around 5 years to carry out a successful exit plan which would yield profits for you. Prospective owners look for businesses which guarantee regular cash flows and you have to fulfill that criteria to make your business sale-able.

In an exit planning process, you need to consider a number of vital issues such as chalking out a succession plan, providing intensive training to key employees, tracing a suitable buyer and so on. What most CEOs find difficult to decide is whether they should focus on asset diversification, create a brilliant management team which can take over the business when they exit and so on.

Usually CEOs remain so occupied in day to day business activities that they don't get time to plan out an effective exit planning strategy. Most of the times they find themselves in a fix where they don't understand which is the right way for selling their business. No wonder CEOs find it tough to find a competent successor who is willing to take over the business happily and where they also stand to gain maximum profits on selling a business.

Hence it is wise to take the help of CEO peer groups in Atlanta or any other city if you are thinking of exiting a business. Consulting a CEO Peer Group or CEO Conference is always a better and more cost-effective alternative to expensive consultants who charge you by the hour. CEO groups typically meet once in a month and consist of CEOs, managers, presidents and COOs from different industries. They share their business related problems, and counsel each other. So if you wish to sell your business, you can freely discuss about your problems and make out a successful exit plan with the help and experience of other CEOs.

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