SUCCESSION PLANNING

CEO Succession
Planning Services

Every succession is unique. As operators, we help the board ensure that every step of their process has been fully customized to the context and conditions the next CEO will face.

At any stage in the succession journey, whether years out or near-term, we support nom and gov to both plan and execute a balanced, data-driven candidate selection process.

Our Success Planning
Experience Includes

  • Planned CEO
    Succession
  • Emergency
    Succession
  • Founder/Family
    Succession

Our approach to succession
planning helps Boards

Reduce Noise

We partner with boards to refine their decision-making criteria, ensuring every director is operating under the same definition for what “best” looks like.

Mitigate Bias

We help aggregate and synthesize various streams of data to ensure performance is being evaluated with the most objective lens.

Enhance Governance

We partner with boards and management to ensure the succession process is utilizing the best of 21st century thinking and governance.

Other ways we
can help

Pragmatic, Real-world Executive Assessments

Enabling leaders to own their development through actionable feedback on their observed, real-world performance.

Senior Executive Development

Helping senior leaders accelerate performance against today’s strategy and preparing them to deliver on tomorrow’s.

Featured Insights

The new rules of succession planning

Thought Leadership

The new rules of succession planning

By Adam Bryant & David Reimer

Our Impact

Succession

Adaptive CEO Succession

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Succession

Emergency Succession Coordination

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“We valued the fact that The ExCo Group knew our business and was thorough in understanding our strategy and what was required for the next leader. The process was comprehensive, yet completely relatable for our board. The entire board commented about the process, their engagement, and the clarity of the reporting which made the decision — which is always a difficult one — a lot easier. I would highly recommend The ExCo Group and would use them again any time for succession work.”

— Chairman/CEO, Large Convenience Retailer

“We are so happy to be working with The ExCo Group. Our CEO and CHRO were blown away with your insights, reporting, and the thoroughness of your work. We loved the simplicity. It was very traceable for the leader from the inputs to the outputs. Historically, we have struggled with getting inputs to connect to the outputs, but you nailed it. We look forward to and remain committed to working with you in the future.”

— Global talent leader who led the succession process, American Diversified Global Insurer

“I’ve done lots of these feedback sessions in my career, and this one with The ExCo Group was by far the clearest and most impactful. I learned more in my debrief than I did in 30 years of hearing similar types of debriefs.”

— One of multiple succession candidates, $44B Fortune 100 Firm