Our Services

Succession Planning

I'm in this business. How do I get out of it when I'm ready?

Getting into a business is one thing. Getting out of it is another matter entirely. Understanding the options is important, as the choice you make will affect your behaviour and decision making. Will you sell to someone inside the business, or outside? Merge with another business, or simply close the doors and walk away? Or perhaps you've dreamt about listing your business on the stock exchange?

We help our clients choose the right option for them, and when the time comes, help them to implement the succession plan, to ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible.

Our Coaches

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Steve Goddard

Steve, formerly a partner of a significant accounting practice, became a business coach in 2002. In that time, he has conducted numerous leadership and management workshops, specialising in strategic planning for small to medium sized firms. Steve has also completed an instructors course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and balances his significant commercial acumen with an acute understanding of challenges that face business owners, both professionally and personally.

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Robert Bentley

Robert has been a business coach since 2003, following a successful military and corporate career.  Robert has studied at Harvard Business School and also developed the Acuity Leadership Program in 2007. Known on social media as the 'Carpool Coach', Robert has also completed an instructors course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), so is able to assist his clients with the significant stress that can accom pany business ownership. He is a founding member of Quorum, a shared economy of small businesses, and has authored two books, Small Business Wisdom, and RAPPORT.

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Oscar Pellizzon

Oscar, formerly a partner of a successful boutique accounting firm, understands the requirements of selling a professional service, and the need to develop referral relationships that generate new business. He now applies his twenty years experience helping businesses grow, and assisting owners and staff to balance the need to perform with managing the energy required to sustain it. As a trained Mindfulness instructor, Oscar shares a unique skillset with his fellow Acuity colleagues, in being able to assist clients cope with the stresses of business ownership in the twenty-first century.