EOT adviser in Canterbury

Alli Gibbons – Talent4Performance

Alli is a co-founder of Talent4Performance and author of The Power of Ownership Culture – a practical guide to turning employee ownership from a structural change into a genuine performance advantage. With a career focused on helping leaders improve performance through behaviour, clarity and accountability, Alli brings a distinctive perspective to the employee ownership world. Her approach puts culture and people at the centre of what makes an EOT truly succeed.

EOT expertise

Alli specialises in the human side of employee ownership, including leadership development, coaching, and culture-building that determines whether an EOT transition delivers on its promise. She works with organisations to develop ownership culture through diagnostics, leadership programmes and one-to-one coaching, helping leaders make the mindset and behavioural shifts that a move to employee ownership demands.

Qualifications and experience

Alli is a former Investors in People assessor and an accredited Harrison Assessments practitioner and trainer. She has worked with organisations of 50–500 employees across professional services, the built environment, creative industries and knowledge-led sectors since 2004.

How Alli works with Go EO

Alli works alongside Go EO to support businesses through the leadership and culture dimensions of an EOT transition. Go EO manages the technical transaction: valuation, legal documentation, tax clearance and trust registration. Alli's focus is on making sure the people and culture side of the transition is handled with care. From developing ownership mindsets and strengthening leadership capability to building the culture that makes employee ownership genuinely transformative, Alli adds value across the organisation.

What is an Employee Ownership Trust?

An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a way for a business owner to sell their company to their people. The founder's shares transfer to a trust, held collectively on behalf of the employees, and the business repays the founder over time from future profits. In time, if the business makes excess profit, it is shared equitably amongst the employees.

Why sell your business to an EOT?

For many founders, the people in their business are its greatest asset. An EOT is one of the few exit routes that genuinely recognises that. Rather than handing the keys to an external buyer with their own agenda, you're passing the business to the people who already understand it, care about it, and have a stake in seeing it succeed. And when it does succeed, they share in that directly through a profit share.