As we prepare for our exit, we realize our Accountability Chart is optimized for our current size but not for what a buyer wants to see for future growth. How do we restructure our leadership seats to show immediate scalability?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Buyers do not buy your business for what it did yesterday. They buy it for where it can go tomorrow. If your Accountability Chart is designed around your current revenue level, a buyer will assume they have to reinvest significant capital to restructure the organization to hit the next tier of growth.

To show immediate scalability, you must design a forward-looking Accountability Chart. Work with your leadership team to project where the business will be in three to five years. Identify the new seats and specialized roles that will be required to manage that increased volume.

Once you have mapped out this future chart, compare it to your current structure. Look for seats that are currently combined, such as a single person running both sales and marketing, or operations and finance. Your goal on your exit runway is to systematically split these combined seats and elevate capable leaders into them.

Make sure every leader in these key seats has a clear understanding of their roles and is fully aligned with your V/TO. By presenting a buyer with an Accountability Chart that has already been structured for their future target size, you prove that the business has the operational headroom to scale immediately without operational chaos.