TEOS: Transition Execution Operating System

We don't give advice.
We orchestrate execution.

Succession fails in execution, not in strategy. TEOS turns a once-in-a-lifetime transition into a managed, sequenced process: one roadmap, with clear tasks for every partner.

Handshake sealing a business succession

Succession is the most decisive transaction an entrepreneur will ever execute.

It happens once in a lifetime, and most owners face it unprepared, overloaded, and without a system. Family handovers are declining while external acquisitions are rising, and the window to transfer on good terms is closing.

~450,000
businesses change hands across Europe every year
1 in 3
disappears for lack of a successor
95%
five-year survival rate after an acquisition, versus 50% for a new venture

Too many actors. No orchestration.

Every stakeholder in the succession process manages their own scope, but no one owns the end-to-end transition. The result is delays, conflicts, and value destruction.

ActorFocusWhat they miss
BankFinancing, risk, creditOperational readiness
Trustee / CFOBalance sheet, financialsStrategic sequencing
ConsultantStrategy, business modelExecution coordination
Lawyer / NotaryContracts, legal structureProcess orchestration
M&A AdvisorDeal executionPre-deal structuring
EntrepreneurEverythingBandwidth to lead the transition

No common data model. No sequencing logic. No neutral owner of the process.

The market gives advice. We drive execution.

Traditional
  • Advice-driven, not execution-driven
  • Static reports, no follow-through
  • Fragmented stakeholders
  • Sequencing left to chance
TransActum360 · TEOS
  • A method that drives execution, not just advice
  • Readiness kept current through the transition
  • Orchestrated stakeholder coordination
  • A monitored, sequenced path, reviewed at each milestone

What Happens Inside TEOS

01

Input

Owner interviews and the core documents (financials, contracts, org charts) establish the baseline. Everything that follows is measured against it.

02

Diagnosis

Readiness is scored across ten dimensions. The single bottleneck capping your transfer readiness is identified.

03

Execution

Work is sequenced and assigned across management, lawyers, banks, and advisors, in the right order, with the right dependencies.

04

Monitoring

Progress is reviewed at each milestone. Readiness is kept current as conditions change, so risks surface before they become roadblocks.

05

Transfer

At readiness threshold the company is transfer-ready: clean, executable, signable. The transition closes with the value intact.

Frequently asked questions

TEOS, the Transition Execution Operating System, is the TransActum360 method. It turns fragmented succession advice into one sequenced, monitored and executable path, with one neutral owner of the end-to-end transition.

No. Your existing advisors keep their roles. TEOS coordinates them: lawyers, fiduciaries, tax and M&A specialists each own their part, while TransActum360 sequences the whole and keeps the transition moving as one programme.

The diagnosis is the entry point. In one structured 60-minute conversation it maps your company across ten readiness dimensions and returns your position, your main bottleneck and a prioritised 90-day plan. TEOS then executes from there.

Start with a call.

A first 30-minute call with Reinhard Voelkel. We understand your situation and, if it fits, we orchestrate the execution with TEOS. Free, no obligation.