Succession

The succession is due, the handover is not.

A succession rarely fails on the person. It fails because there is nothing to hand over: decisions, relationships and knowledge still sit with the owner.

Signs
  • The successor is named but checks back on everything that matters
  • Clients ask for you, not for the role
  • There is a timetable for the handover but none for what is being handed over
What matters now
  • What the successor actually inherits: decision rights, client relationships, business-critical knowledge
  • A handover counts only once it has happened and holds without being taken back
  • The horizon is longer than it looks from outside. Structure takes quarters
What does not help
  • Transferring a title and leaving the decision paths as they are
  • Involvement instead of transfer. Someone who tags along does not take over
Next step

Measure first what hangs on you today. That decides whether a handover can be prepared or whether structure is missing beforehand.

Owner Dependency Diagnostic