Sam Campbell IV, CEO, Chattanooga Bakery, the Moon Pie Company
"I highly recommend this book to any entrepreneur who wants to build a business that will thrive for generations to come. This book is the perfect guide to help you every step of the way.”
Why Succession Planning For Impact?
One day, something will demand your departure. It is an absolute reality. You will not live forever. You will not occupy your post forever. Knowing this reality and not planning for it is foolish.
Continuity
70% of businesses are sold or fail before the second generation gets a chance to take over. Succession planning is crucial to ensure that your business continues to thrive beyond your tenure.
Preserve and Enhance Value
Without proper succession planning, companies inherited by second-generation leaders can become largely worthless.
Create a Positive Impact Beyond You
Proper succession planning ensures that your business continues to benefit employees, customers, and the community even after you've stepped away.
Luke Roush, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Sovereign's Capital
Clint Park, Lead Partner - Business Consulting Group, Sovereign's Capital
"If this decision were only about 'you,' then you could afford to read this book and put it on your shelf. But alas, it is not! Beyond you and your family, your business impacts your employees, their families, your clients, your vendors, and your broader community. There is a lot riding on how well your business transitions! So, read this book. Take notes. Develop a plan of action. Get started!"
No More Procrastination Because You Don't Know What to Do!
Are you ready to get started? I can already see you leading the charge for installing the next generation of leadership at your business. You are going to redefine what it means to finish well. Because of you:
Your Business Will Be Profitable Both Today & Tomorrow
Your Community Will Continue To Be Blessed With Jobs
Your Leaders Will Be Blessed With Strong Incomes
Your Employees Will Continually Grow In Their Gifts & Talents
Henry Kaestner, Entrepreneur/Investor
Co-Founder BAND, Sovereign's Capital, FaithDrivenEntrepreneur.org, FaithDrivenInvestor.org and GenerosityBayArea.org
"I am very grateful for fellow travelers like Harry T Jones who can encourage and challenge me on my journey in the marketplace and most importantly, my journey as I come to know God more fully, His love for me, and what it all means for all that He has asked me to Steward for Him."
Harry T. Jones
Succession Planning Coach
Are you a business owner worried about the future of your company after you step away?
Hello, I'm Harry T. Jones, and I've spent over three decades helping entrepreneurs just like you build lasting legacies. In my book, "Succession Planning for Impact," I share the seven crucial steps I've developed to ensure your business thrives long after you've handed over the reins.
As a fellow business owner, I understand the challenges you face. That's why I've created this guide to help you:
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Confront your fears about succession planning
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Build a strong team to carry your vision forward
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Define your lasting impact on employees, customers, and community
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Define your niche
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Develop future leaders within your organization
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Successfully pass the baton to your successor
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Finish Well
This isn't just about preserving wealth – it's about creating a positive, lasting impact that extends far beyond your tenure. Whether you're planning to step away soon or years from now, I can assure you that the time to start is today.
I've seen both successful and poorly managed transitions throughout my career. My goal is to lead you toward better outcomes as you plan your own succession for maximum impact. This book is the homework you should be doing from day one and constantly revisiting on your entrepreneurial journey.
Don't leave your company's future to chance. Join me in securing your business legacy. Get your copy of "Succession Planninf for Impact" now and take the first step towards a successful leadership transision!
Ken DeWitt, EOS Worldwide Franchisee
"Start NOW with Harry's "Seven Succession Conversations" over the next year, and you'll do more to ensure your lifetime's efforts will continue to bless the next generation and your Community."
Don Ankenbrandt, founder of Alliance Ministries
"Succession planning for Impact" is an incredible resource! I have had the privilege of knowing Harry T. Jones for many years and have first hand witnessed his journey of discovery in creating such a great resource. He is one who actually did this well in his own life and offers a great resource for those who need it.
Here's What's Inside My Book:
1. Confront Your Fears About Succession Planning
This step involves addressing the emotional and psychological barriers that often prevent business owners from starting the succession planning process.
2. Establish Your Succession Planning Team
This step focuses on forming the right group of people to guide and implement the succession plan. It emphasizes the importance of strategic conversations and asking thought-provoking questions.
3. Define Your Impact
This step helps you clarify the lasting legacy you want to leave through your business, beyond just financial success.
4. Define Your Niche
This step involves identifying and focusing on your company's unique strengths and market position to increase profitability and value.
5. Develop Leaders in Your Team
This crucial step is about nurturing and preparing future leaders within your organization who can carry the business forward.
6. Pass the Baton to Your Successor
This step covers the actual transition of leadership, ensuring a smooth handover of responsibilities and authority.
7. Finish Well
The final step focuses on ensuring a positive conclusion to your leadership tenure and setting up the business for continued success under new leadership.
Glenn Davenport is a three-time CEO who has built and sold 3 companies ranging in size from $Billion+ public company to $150 million private business. Glenn is currently building another company involving a family member.
"Harry has been my friend and trusted advisor for more than 30 years. I know his heart. His book is a gift to business owners and CEO’s. This is a must-read if you believe “your legacy is your gift to the world”. Each of the 7 steps are critical."
About Me
Living satisfied with less than your divine potential can be costly AND painful! I would know... My life's story involves learning from all the times when I suffered because I was satisfied and didn't fully realize that I was stuck!
Losing a million on two investments should have been a wake-up call. It was painful. Once more, I was stuck and didn't know it.
Losing our largest customer, TWICE, was riveting. We had settled for less, not living up to our potential. But, once again, being forced to build away from them, we assessed our best opportunities and managed to get new customers. Every time that happened, we got more powerful, AND we got our old customers back!
Struggle has been a constant in my life. But it was those struggles that exposed my upside-down priorities. Each battle catapulted me into a rendering process that forced me to decide what was really important.
Reassessing my priorities helped me develop a new life, new relationships, new businesses, and new fuel for more adventures. It was wrong priorities that caused the demise of my marriage. Thinking that things were "good enough" nearly destroyed me. At that point, it was easy to believe that my life was over. But accepting responsibility for my role in its failure, I recovered and grew from it.
Selling my business in 1997 should have set the stage for my next adventure. But, having my priorities upside down, it resulted in a total loss of identity. I went into a funk, my sister committed suicide, and I lost my connection with God. I had to pray to be able to pray!
You see when you drain the bathtub, you find out who is naked. Yep, It was me! And I was miserable!
Another business venture resulted in a good sale for us but within a year, they went belly-up and all the jobs went out of state. Once again, all the time so many people had invested was wasted.
The next time I sold my business, things were different! We were aware of our business's unique impact and intentionally moved toward maximizing it. Understanding that our business was a mission released a lot of energy. Profit for a purpose was revolutionary. Like runners on a relay race, we worked hard to pass the baton on to the next generation of leadership at maximum speed. The new generation of leaders honored me and I cheered them on. Together we moved from ROI (return on investment) to MOI (multiplication of impact).
It was important that the new owner keep the company and the jobs we had created in the county and continue to positively impact the community. Honoring the people who had helped us build the business by ensuring they could keep their jobs was a high value. I may have sold for half the money I could have gotten, but in the end, I had been a part of a story where everyone profited, the positive impact in the community was maintained, and the business is thriving today.
Now, my purpose is to finish well. This involves giving away what I have learned and has driven me to develop the Cultivating Impact 6-Step Succession Planning Method.
Helping other business leaders who don't realize their real potential is my mission. Sometimes they don't believe in themselves, sometimes, they don't have the right networks, and sometimes, they lack capital. Empowering these emerging leaders to take the leap into God's dream for them sets my heart on fire!
Multiplying our businesses up to twenty times their original size has been my legacy for over forty years. Their profitability was sometimes bigger than that!
Success can be shallow. Significance is everything.
Get my book!
Dr. Timothy Filston
"Some people make a name for themselves by building something significant over their lifetime. A few even manage to scale or replicate their model. However, this book demonstrates the secret to an achievement that transcends generations: there is no success without succession."
Carrie Morey, founder and CEO of Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit
Succession Planning for Impact should be required reading for all entrepreneurs looking to build a successful business and sustain it for generations.