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Exit & Legacy Planning

Leave on your terms, with clarity.

A structured, four-stage program that prepares you, your finances and your business for a transition, and protects what you have built for the people who depend on it.

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Stage 1 · Discover

Intake & Discovery

Your business, ownership, goals and advisory team, plus an eight-question continuity screen that flags anything urgent.

20–30 minutes · Discovery summary report · access code
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Stage 2 · Define

Owner Vision Worksheet

Why now, what success means to you, your ranked priorities, your future role, life after business and your legacy.

25–40 minutes · Owner Vision Brief · access code
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Stage 3 · Measure

Exit Readiness Index

44 items across six pillars, scored on evidence of completed work. Includes your Blind-Spot Rate, Wealth Gap snapshot and first 90-day sprint.

25–35 minutes · Full scored report · access code
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Stage 4 · Prepare & Decide

The Coached Program

Five phases and 24 designed sessions, from Discover & Define through Prepare, Decide, Execute and Transition & Legacy, supported by worksheets and 11 planning calculators.

Program clients · Quarterly re-scoring
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Exit & Legacy Assessment + Exit Readiness Review · $997

All three assessments, full reports, your first 90-day sprint and a 75-minute review with Jerry Covella. Credited toward Phase One if you continue.

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Why start now

The numbers from the Exit Planning Institute's research make the case for preparing early.

73%of privately held U.S. companies plan to transition within 10 years
~70%of businesses put on the market do not sell
~50%of exits are involuntary, forced by events outside the owner's control
~75%of owners report profound regret within a year of selling

Sources: Exit Planning Institute, "Owner Readiness: What It Is & Why Should You Care?" (Sept 2025) and National State of Owner Readiness research; regret figure is the widely cited EPI/PwC finding.

Six pillars of exit readiness

The Clarity model scores everything the leading exit-planning methods cover, in one place.

Personal ReadinessYour reasons, timing, identity and life after business.
Financial ReadinessWhat you need, what the business is worth, and the gap between them.
Business TransferabilityOwner independence, management depth, systems, recurring revenue and clean financials.
Stakeholder & LegacyFamily, co-owners, employees, customers and community.
Protection & ContinuityContingency plans, buy-sell, insurance, estate plan and contracts.
Decision & ExecutionRoute options, decision criteria, a coordinated advisory team and a dated plan.

What makes the Clarity approach different

Clarity featureWhat it gives you
Evidence scaleEvery item is rated by work actually completed, from "Not started" to "Reviewed and applied", so your score reflects progress rather than optimism.
Blind-Spot RateAnything you mark "Unknown" is reported separately. What you do not know is exactly what a buyer will find.
Weakest-Leg RuleA strong business cannot hide an unready owner. Your overall tier is held near your weakest pillar until it improves.
Wealth Gap snapshotCompares the proceeds you need with what the business may be worth today, as a starting point for your financial advisor.
Your first 90-day sprintThe report turns your lowest-scoring items into six dated actions with a lead for each, ready for your first coaching session.

Developed independently by Clarity Partners and comparable in scope to the leading exit-planning methods. Value Acceleration Methodology and CEPA are trademarks of the Exit Planning Institute; BEI Seven Step Exit Planning Process and CExP are trademarks of Business Enterprise Institute; The Value Builder System and Certified Value Builder are trademarks of Built to Sell Inc. Clarity Partners is not affiliated with, certified by or endorsed by these organizations.

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Every report is sent to you and copied to your coach. Clarity Partners provides coaching; valuation, tax, legal, investment and transaction services are provided by qualified professionals on your advisory team.