We are preparing for a business exit and have hired an M&A broker, an accountant, and a transaction lawyer, but their work is uncoordinated and moving too slowly. How do we use the Level 10 Meeting framework to run an Advisor Meeting Pulse that holds these external professionals accountable?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Preparing for a clean exit requires active management of high-priced, external advisors who are often prone to working in isolated silos. Left unmanaged, your transaction lawyer, accountant, and broker will run up large bills while dragging out your timeline.

To solve this, implement an Advisor Meeting Pulse using the Level 10 Meeting™ format. Schedule a recurring, bi-weekly or monthly sixty-minute meeting with your primary transaction advisors. Treat them as an extension of your leadership team for this specific initiative.

The agenda follows the familiar EOS® structure, modified for the exit project.

- Start with a quick five-minute update on the exit timeline.
- Review a simple scorecard of key metrics, such as due diligence request completion rates and valuation milestones.
- Conduct a fast review of the specific exit priorities, which function just like Rocks.
- Run a tight to-do review to ensure advisors actually completed what they promised in the previous meeting.
- Spend the remaining forty minutes using IDS® to solve bottlenecks, such as tax structuring conflicts or missing corporate records.

By running this structured meeting, you eliminate the endless, uncoordinated email chains that delay deals. You force your advisors to talk to each other in real time, solving legal and financial conflicts before they stall your transaction. This discipline keeps your exit on schedule, reduces transaction fees, and protects your enterprise value.