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Can your business run without you?

A short, honest read on where the business still leans on you, and the first move to make things better.

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  • ✓ Highest risk, first move

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First, where are you with the business right now?

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The framework by Bill Withers for building a business that runs, grows and holds its value independently of its owner. Every one of the eighteen questions comes from it.

Bill Withers
Bill Withers
Author, Succession Thinking®
Founder of Adapt
Gabe Enslin
Gabe Enslin
Co-founder and Leader of Adapt
Succession Thinking by Bill Withers, the book.
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Published

  1. The Australian State revenue offices leave door open to tax trusts switching to fixed distribution model
  2. Herald Sun How Canberra's budget blowouts are now threatening Australian jobs
  3. Yahoo Finance Calls to end strangling tax as unions push for biggest leave change in 50 years
  4. Kochie's Business Builders How to build the value of your business by taking yourself out of it
  5. Company Director · AICD Strengthening your SME for long-term success
  6. WA Business News Withers thinking about succession
  7. Inside Small Business The five principles of succession thinking that SMEs need to know
  8. Inside Retail How business owners can continue to shape company culture as they grow
  9. CEOWorld Magazine What a health scare taught me about the importance of succession thinking
  10. CEOWorld Magazine Why maintaining your owner's vision is key to long-term business success
  11. CEOWorld Magazine How to maximize the value of your business
  12. CEOWorld Magazine Is lack of clarity at the core of your culture problems?
  13. CEOWorld Magazine Business owner overwhelm: what you can do to stop it
  14. CCIWA ‘Closing loops’ will help, but what can you do to proactively improve your workplace?
  15. CCIWA Is your business too reliant on you?
  16. Flying Solo Five things every business owner should do this week to get ahead of the fuel crisis
  17. Flying Solo Maximising the value of your business
  18. Small Business Association Build a business beyond you
  19. Small Business Association Beyond succession planning
  20. Business Builders The Aussie small business playbook just got dismantled
  21. Business Builders Five things every small business owner should do this week

Heard on

  1. Channel 7 · Kochie's Business Builders AFS Group gets a lesson on succession planning from Bill Withers
  2. Owner to Owner Podcast Building thriving businesses that don't need their owners
  3. 2GB · Overnights with Mike Jeffreys Imagine your suburb without its corner shop
  4. 2GB · Overnights with Mike Jeffreys Five things every small and medium enterprise should be doing right now
  5. The Leadership Journey Podcast Succession: the 3 S's of business
  6. The Real Math of Business Podcast The small business superpowers
  7. Business Essentials Podcast The power of succession-thinking
  8. Magical Learning Podcast Growing global SMEs and understanding succession thinking
  9. Owner to Owner Podcast Building resilient SMEs and succession thinking
  10. The Good Stuff Podcast Stewarding SMEs and AI
  11. The Real Biz Life Chronicles Clarify your vision and goals
  12. Trusted Adviser Podcast The Business That Doesn't Need You with Gabe Enslin from Adapt
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