Is Your Successor Ready? Why Successor Development Is a Two-Person Journey

I’ve asked “is my successor ready?” as an owner, and I’ve watched our own team live that question as Andrea Carpenter steps into leadership at The Transition Strategists. It’s one of the most natural things to wonder in a family business transition, and it’s the question owners bring to me more than any other. Over […]

Successor Readiness Always Takes Two People

Image of Elizabeth Ledoux for the podcast, Successor Readiness Always Takes Two People

Episode Description: Elizabeth Ledoux goes solo to take on the question she hears from both sides of nearly every business transition. Transitioners ask whether the successor is ready, and successors ask the same thing about themselves. Elizabeth makes the case that the question, as most people ask it, only has room for one person, while […]