What No One Tells You About Being a Successor (And Why It’s Not Just Hard — It’s Worth It)
When I first started my business in high school, I named it “Flaming Squirrel Design.” I was seventeen, designing logos and building websites. How does this tie into what I do now as a Transition Guide helping family businesses? Well… there are lots of valuable skills I learned that have come with me into my family’s limited partnership and my role as a successor in a private firm.
That’s the thing about succession journeys—they rarely follow a straight line. And whether you’re taking over your family’s business, stepping into leadership at a company where you’ve built your career, or joining an enterprise with the intention to lead it someday, there are universal truths about the successor experience that nobody really tells you about.