This new report shares key findings of History Factory’s survey of 160 C-suite executives, including 50 founders and CEOs. The survey draws into focus how executives think about and execute succession planning. In particular, the report shares:
- Four key reasons why succession planning is so difficult
- How executives define leadership transition success
- How executives view the transfer of organizational history and institutional memory
- What legacy means to outgoing leaders and its implications for their successors
- Case studies of leadership transitions: some that worked, some that didn’t, and why
- Five key requirements for a successful leadership transition