For owners

Four occasions on which it turns concrete.

Owner dependency rarely announces itself. It surfaces when something is at stake. These four situations are the most common triggers, and each calls for a different next step.

Buying interest

Someone has asked whether you would sell.

An interested party got in touch and you do not know what the business is worth without you.

Due diligence

The review is running or about to start.

The data room is filling up, and the answers still come from you rather than from the system.

Succession

The succession is due, the handover is not.

A successor is in place, but the decisions still come to you.

Absence risk

What happens if you are gone tomorrow?

Holidays are started and interrupted. There is no real deputy.

If none of them fits, the quick check is the neutral way in.

To the quick check