How Accountants Can Help Their Clients With Exit Planning - Accounting Voices Podcast

Episode 100

How Accountants Can Help Their Clients With Exit Planning

Published on: 30th April, 2020

Christine Nicholson co-founded Succession Plus UK to focus on Exit and Succession Planning, helping business owners get more from their life’s work. Starting from scratch, she built her consultancy and now transforms lives and businesses with a mix of straight talking advice, mentoring and empathy. Shownotes:

  • Why the accounting and finance function is changing rapidly for the better
  • The two qualities that makes a business and its owner much happier
  • Why 'exit' is such a hot topic in the accounting world
  • The two possible ways owners and founders will exit their business
  • The four horsemen of the Apocalypse that force business owners to retire or leave
  • The % of businesses coming onto the market that never get sold
  • The staggering number of business owners who leave their business in unplanned circumstances
  • The role accountants should play in the 'exit conversation' with clients
  • The three types of accountants when it comes to helping their clients sell
  • What accountants need to do to be better business advisors
  • The difference between succession and exit in terms of control, revenue and power in a company or firm
  • The things accounting firms get wrong when it comes to succession and exit
  • As the baby boomer era nears an end, we face the biggest inter-generational transfer of wealth ever
  • Why accountants should work personally with exit specialists
  • The kind of things really good accountants say to their clients
  • Words of advice for accountants to have 'what next?' conversations with their clients

Christine Nicholson on the Accounting Influencers podcast with BD Academy founder Rob Brown

In her spare time, Christine enjoys taking care of her one house plant and her garden. She likes going on adventure hikes with yoga in between. Contact Christine:

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Christine on LinkedIn

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Accounting Voices Podcast
Accounting Voices helps people in the accounting world stay relevant visible and vocal. Host Rob Brown interprets trends reshaping the profession and gives listeners insight to build authority influence and a stronger voice in firms and markets.
Accounting Voices, hosted by Rob Brown, helps decision makers and leaders in accounting and finance stay relevant, visible and vocal in a profession being reshaped by technology, private equity, regulation and shifting client expectations. Each episode interprets the trends disrupting accounting and finance such as AI, automation, M&A, talent and the move to advisory and translates them into practical insight that strengthens authority and influence.
Accounting Voices is also a platform for the wider ecosystem of networks, associations, educators, consultants, software vendors and technology experts who serve accountants and finance professionals worldwide. It extends into regular Accounting Voices networking sessions that connect this audience and amplify ideas that move the profession forward. With its international reach and long shelf life the show delivers credibility and commercial value for listeners and sponsors alike. Search for "Accounting Voices" on YouTube for all episodes and connect with Rob Brown on LinkedIn to find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown

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Rob Brown

ob Brown is the creator and host of the Accounting Voices Network, a media platform that includes the flagship solo podcast Accounting Voices and the panel shows Accounting M&A and Accounting Tech. He chairs conferences, panels and virtual events worldwide and is recognised as a leading advocate for the accounting profession.

He is an accomplished speaker and authority on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, succession, executive presence and the forces shaping the future of accounting. Rob is the author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk The Personal Brand of You has been viewed more than 400,000 times.

A former co-founder of the Accounting Influencers Roundtable, Rob now focuses on amplifying the voices of leaders, firms, networks, vendors and influencers across the global accounting ecosystem.

Outside of work he is a stroke survivor, lives with epilepsy, holds a black belt in kickboxing and is based in Nottingham, UK. He plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.