Thought Leadership | CEO Successions

Learn expert insight, tips, and best practices for developing your family business succession plan from the expert family planning consultants at Egon Zehnder.

Effective succession planning is more than just preparing for leadership changes—it's a strategic investment in your organization's future. By fostering leadership development, mitigating risks, and ensuring business continuity, succession planning helps companies build resilience, retain top talent, and maintain a competitive edge. Discover why organizations that prioritize this process are better positioned to thrive in an ever-evolving business landscape.

"I was at a concert when it hit me: This is what effective succession looks like." Read on for the full piece by Lindsay Trout.

This month we sat down with our new CEO, Francesco Buquicchio, who graciously shared insights about the direction and requirements of leadership today.

CEO succession planning often starts up to two years before the transition occurs. Do you have a strategy in place to support your leadership team?

Succession planning key insights that can make a significant impact when leading a new executive to the top of the organization.

Expecting Massive Change Ahead, Business Leaders Weigh–In . Our latest global CEO Reflections study reveals definitive and unexpected insights. The overwhelming majority of CEOs believe that significant, far-reaching changes lie ahead in economics, politics, energy, and technology. At the same time, they embrace their responsibility to collaborate with governments and other stakeholders to solve challenges such as climate change and inequality, even if the final destinations are not yet known.

Egon Zehnder's Heather O'Keefe and Jason Hecker on the most overlooked step in CEO recruitment: stakeholder management.

Our analysis highlights a significant opportunity for AMCs to enhance their long-term CEO succession planning and talent development efforts. Adopting a multi-path approach that emphasizes long-term growth will help ensure leadership stability and continuity.

Our global analysis of the Business Services industry reveals that while experience and track record are key, early preparation is even better.

With the extreme complexity and ambiguity of the present, it’s no wonder that CEOs tell us constantly that leading a company is like navigating a Rubik's cube. As one CEO said: “Every week on multiple occasions, I now face situations that I have little to no experience in.”

Insights from our Inaugural Consumer Board Retreat