Two premieres of the initiative Nachfolgebus.ch: Succession Day and Phoenix Award
"Meet the Experts" is the motto of the first Succession Day on September 17, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zurich. The focus will be on first-hand practical knowledge on company succession from A to Z from experienced succession experts for company sellers and buyers. The grand finale will be the presentation of the new "Phoenix Award for Long-Term Swiss Entrepreneurship" in the evening.
According to the latest Bisnode B&D study, more than 75,000 companies in Switzerland are facing an open succession plan. The risk of space-consuming job and know-how losses is high. The Corona pandemic has further aggravated the situation. Now more than ever, entrepreneurial spirit and the willingness to create new paths and solutions are (super)vital. This also applies to corporate succession. Against this background, succession expert Carla Kaufmann, partner at Companymarket AG and creator of the Nachfolgebus.ch initiative, has rethought the process of company succession. With the Succession Day, a new offer of the initiative, she provides SME entrepreneurs with a concentrated opportunity for personal exchange of experience and compact as well as well-founded training in "matters of succession".
Nachfolgebus.ch: Company succession from A to Z
The event will take place on September 17, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at EXPERTsuisse, Stauffacherstrasse 1, 8004 Zurich. Dr. Marius Klauser, Director of EXPERTsuisse: "Company succession is a groundbreaking topic for our members and the Swiss economy and the Succession Day is THE event for it." The Succession Day program is divided into two parts. In the morning, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the 15 experienced succession experts from Nachfolgebus.ch will be available to participants for free personal one-on-one discussions. The afternoon is devoted from 13.30 to 17.30 o'clock with in each case a Workshop series for enterprise salesmen and - buyers to the further training. The range of topics spans from sharing and cooperation/partnering to the "classic" sale or purchase of a company and opens up various options for SMEs to master crises and regulate succession. For the respective workshop package, consisting of seven compact sessions, a cost recovery flat rate of CHF 470 p. P. is charged. www.companymarket.ch/events.
Like Phoenix from the ashes
The ceremonial conclusion of the Succession Day will be provided by the presentation of the first "Phoenix Award for Long-Term Swiss Entrepreneurship", which will also take place in Zurich and is one of the innovations of the Succession Bus Tour 2020. This award is dedicated to corporate succession, or rather to the Swiss companies that have mastered it in an outstanding manner for the past century. They are given the stage they deserve. SMEs that have accomplished this entrepreneurial feat over such a long period of time have usually had to overcome more than one crisis and rise anew like a "Phoenix from the ashes". The focus as potential award winners is therefore on Swiss SMEs, which this year are 100 years registered in the Commercial Register are. From these companies, an expert jury and a jury advisory board with representatives from entrepreneurship, science, politics and the media select the Phoenix Award winners in the categories of
- Innovation/disruption/renewal capability
- Team performance
- Social/economic contribution
Jury evaluates company stories
The jury began its work on July 10 and will identify a shortlist of eight companies as possible award winners by August 7. The determination of the three prize winners - one company in each category - will then take place together with the jury advisory board. The jury consists of the following persons:
- Esther-Mirjam de Boer, Diversity and Inclusive Culture Strategist, CEO GetDiversity GmbH
- Marcel Dobler, Member of the National Council, co-owner and Chairman of the Board of Franz Carl Weber AG
- Prof. Dr. Uta Jüttner, Lecturer at the Institute for Business and Regional Economics IBR, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Business Administration
- Dr. Corinne Mühlebach, Lecturer in Strategic Marketing, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft (School of Business)
The members of the jury advisory board are (Corin Ballhaus, positioning expert for SMEs, owner of Ballhaus Profiling GmbH), Armin Baumann (Managing Director KMU SWISS AG) and Thomas Berner, Editor-in-Chief of the SME trade magazine ORGANISATOR.
In 2020, as in the previous two years, the Nachfolgebus.ch initiative will also receive cantonal support from the Office of Economic Affairs and Labor of the Canton of Zurich.
