The Art of Selling Your Bank
A Bank CEO's Step-By-Step Guide
A Community Bank CEO's Guide to Understanding Value, Timing, and Control
Most community bank CEOs will only face a liquidity event once in their career.
By the time it arrives, the pressure is already on.
This book was written so that pressure doesn't dictate the outcome.
The Art of Selling Your Bank is not about convincing you to sell.
It is about helping you understand how value is actually created — and how leverage is either preserved or lost — long before a decision is ever required.
Written by a former community bank CEO and chairman who founded, led, and ultimately sold a bank, the book provides a clear, practical view of:
- How buyers really think about value
- Why timing matters more than most CEOs realize
- How readiness changes outcomes — whether a transaction ever occurs or not
- Where well-intentioned leaders unintentionally give up leverage
This is not a transaction manual.
It is a leadership framework.
Many readers use this book to:
- Prepare for board-level conversations
- Align leadership teams around strategic position
- Reduce fear and speculation around “what if” scenarios
- Lead with clarity instead of reacting under pressure
Whether you remain independent indefinitely or someday evaluate strategic options, understanding how value and leverage work makes you a better CEO today.
Many CEOs read this long before any transaction is ever considered.
