Well, what does it ‘feel’ like to sell your business? If you’ve created something, grown it, brought others in to help you, and form at least some part of your identity through it, how would that feel? And does it feel different if you are selling it to your employees?

Once a business becomes employee owned, one of the ambitions is to enable employees to think and act like owners. This is where some of the greatest benefits are unlocked for both employees and the ongoing success of the business. What an owner thinks, feels and acts like might not be known yet, or at all, to an employee though. So why not express the experience of that former owner?

Barry Horner, previously the Co-Founder and CEO of Paradigm Norton Financial Planning, joins our June EO Knowledge Share. Having been the owner of the business, Barry is now the Executive Chair and Head of Employee Ownership Business Development following his sale to the Employee Ownership Trust. Barry is a visionary business owner, who looked to create a different type of financial service business and achieved it. After more than 20 years as the business owner, what did it feel like to sell the business? What led him to this option? And how can we learn from his experience in our own EO journeys?

Following Barry’s Q&A we will then divide into breakout rooms.

Join us for our informal knowledge share if you are an employee trustee, on an employee council, an employee owner, or from an employee-owned business with a vested interest, question to ask, or best practice to share.

Please RSVP to: Sam Moles at s.moles@stephens-scown.co.uk