1 / 12

Managing for Today and Tomorrow

Managing for Today and Tomorrow. Succession Planning Part Three Analyze Your Situation . Three Important Considerations. SWOT Analysis Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Risk and Barriers to Succession The 5 D’s : Death, Disagreement, Divorce, Disaster, and Disability

donkor
Download Presentation

Managing for Today and Tomorrow

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Managing for Today and Tomorrow Succession Planning Part Three Analyze Your Situation

  2. Three Important Considerations • SWOT Analysis • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats • Risk and Barriers to Succession • The 5 D’s : Death, Disagreement, Divorce, Disaster, and Disability • Fair vs. Equal • Valuing contributions and determining priorities for off-farm and on-farm heirs or other business partners

  3. SWOT Analysis • Evaluate • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats • Explore • Insights into your business • Decisions points • New ideas from family, partners and advisors

  4. Risk Profiles Young Mature risk conscientious lots of experience established style sees a horizon with a setting sun little or no time to recover if losses occur have a lot to lose • ambitious • low experience • new ideas • no time horizon • time to recover from mistakes • have little to lose

  5. The 5 D’s by Generation YOUNG MATURE Death Divorce Disability Disagreement Disaster

  6. Techniques to Manage Risk • Avoid • Reduce • Retain • Shift • Self Insure

  7. Insurance • Liability/peril • Life • Disability • Crop & Livestock Insurance • Contracts • Leases • Production agreements • Prenuptials • Market sales contracts • Estate & retirement plans • Asset Management • How property is titled • Communications • Between family members/generations • Business associates • Modified behaviors • Business vs lifestyle • Separating business and family life • Financial records • Balance sheet • Cash flow • Income statement • Emergency cash funds

  8. High Severity of Impact Low Few Many Frequency of Events Avoid Shift Retain Self Insure Reduce Retain Self Insure Reduce

  9. Fair vs. Equal Issues of fairness One perspective on fair vs. equal Wills Understand how assets are transferred in probate Identify farm or ranch heirs/managers/partners Develop a succession plan Put the succession plan into action

  10. Tools to Increase Fairness • Life Insurance • Its affordable, life insurance is purchased for off-farm heirs • On-farm heirs purchase life insurance on parents’ lives for buying out siblings • Partnership, LLC, Corporation • On-farm heir controls/manages the operation • All siblings share ownership • Operating entity owned by on-farm heir and land entity owned by all heirs

  11. Tools to Increase Fairness • Off farm heirs understand and agree to inherit less, in order to transition a viable farm or ranch business • Shared appreciation agreement • If the on-farm heir sells real estate within a specified time, off-farm heirs share in appreciation • Real Estate divided • Long term leases • On farm heir has first right of refusal if off-farm heirs sell

  12. Checking Your Progress At this point can you answer yes to the following questions? • Are the parents or older generation ready for a partner? • Is the child or non-related younger generation committed to farming? • Is the business large enough? • Can you live and work together? • Are the non farming children supportive?

More Related