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Succession & generational change
Handing over a company takes years, not months. Experienced leadership makes the transition safe.
Many Swiss companies face succession in the coming years, and the period around a handover is among the most delicate in a company's life. Knowledge, relationships and judgement need to change hands without breaking.
A fractional leader stabilises functions during the transition and professionalises structures that so far lived in the owner's head. That is how knowledge tied to one person becomes an organisation that can be handed over.
Does this sound familiar?
- Critical knowledge and key relationships sit with the owner alone.
- The company should be transferable within a few years, but is not yet.
- A successor exists, but needs an experienced counterpart during the handover.
- Financials and processes need professionalising before a sale or handover.
How fractional leadership helps
- A fractional CFO makes the numbers transparent, consistent and diligence-ready.
- A fractional COO documents operations and detaches them from the owner.
- An experienced counterpart can accompany the successor through the early phase, for as long as the mandate is agreed to run.
- Engagements can taper off as the new leadership takes hold.
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