Leaders and Legends,

Trey Taylor put it best on this week’s episode of Legendary Exits:

“I’m on a journey, and I only want those people that are on the same journey with me to be with me on the journey, because otherwise I have to peel off 80% of my energy to try to corral them to be along the path with me.”

That quote hit hard—and it’s one every business owner needs to sit with.

When you’re building toward a best-in-class exit, you don’t have time to drag people along. Misalignment doesn’t just drain energy—it destroys enterprise value.

Here’s the truth: Your business won’t grow beyond the level of buy-in from your team. If your culture, leadership, and roles aren’t aligned with where you’re going, the friction will cost you—in time, energy, and dollars.

In This Edition of the Podcast:

• Why team alignment is an exit strategy, not just an HR initiative
• How to identify “values drift” before it infects your culture
• What elite CEOs do to protect their time, energy, and leadership focus
• How to stop playing zookeeper and start leading a high-performance team

The best exits don’t happen by accident. They happen when everyone rows in the same direction—and you, as the founder, don’t waste your energy convincing them to pick up the oar.Catch the full conversation with Trey Taylor at: insights.legendaryexits.com