01« Everything rests on me. »
Decision to make
Who can take over what, in which order?
What you receive
Dependency index, 24-month delegation plan
Discipline engaged
Navigate · Succession & Sale
Prepare the organisation to hold without you.
Succession is prepared years in advance. What conditions it is the organisation’s capacity to function without its leader.
What we do · Document · Delegate · Hand over
The evidence
According to Bpifrance Le Lab (Nov. 2025), 40% of micro, SME and mid-cap leaders plan to transfer within five years — 370,000 businesses — and 23% of sellers report a shortage of buyers. 47% of family-business leaders aged 60 to 69 have no formalised succession plan.
Bpifrance Le Lab.
Six situations
Where you stand. How we step in.
01
02« Will my family or my managers take over? »
03« Are my contracts and rights in order? »
Decision to make
What a buyer will inspect
What you receive
Seller-side blind-spot review, list of fixes
Discipline engaged
04« My system rests on one person. »
Decision to make
Documentation and reversibility
What you receive
Reversibility test and documentation plan
Discipline engaged
05« I want to leave within 24 months. »
Decision to make
Timetable, milestones, role after departure
What you receive
Backwards-planned roadmap
Discipline engaged
06« My executive committee is not ready to take over. »
Decision to make
Whom to recruit, whom to promote?
What you receive
Profiles and readiness plan
Discipline engaged
Disciplines engaged at this stage
● Engaged · ○ Available
By size
SME
Owner-founder, strong dependency, 2-to-3-year horizon.
Mid-cap
Family council, governance, multiple shareholders.
By sector
Finance & Capital
Licences tied to individuals.
Health & Life Sciences
Licence and authorisation holders.
Industry, Energy & Infrastructure
Concentrated know-how, heavy assets.
Commerce, Services & Customer Experience
Customer relationships carried by the leader.
Tech, Innovation & Public Sector
Code knowledge concentrated in a few people.
Illustrative scenario
A €140M family-owned mid-cap whose leader is 63. The dependency index shows that many decisions go back to him alone. A 24-month plan: progressive delegation, strengthened executive committee, documentation of key client relationships.
What a generalist AI tool will not do for you
Talk to your family and your managers, choose a successor, accept letting go of certain decisions.
Aegryn prepares the organisation. The sale is executed with the client’s investment bank, M&A boutique or lawyer.
Self-assessment
Self-assessment
Five yes/no questions to locate your preparedness.
- 01
Can an important decision be made without you?
- 02
Is your succession formalised in writing?
- 03
Are your key client relationships carried by more than one person?
- 04
Are your contracts, rights and data documented and up to date?
- 05
Do you have a target date for your departure?
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Previous stage
Confidential scoping call
30-minute call.
Thirty minutes with a named expert from our network, accountable for their scope. No commitment at this stage; terms follow the scoping call.