CEO Guru: Succession Planning

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In an ideal world, handovers from one leader to another would be smooth, with minimal impact on the business and its stakeholders.

But sometimes things do not always run to plan because of illness, shareholder dissent or a boardroom coup.

Management consultant Steve Tappin talks to successful chief executives (CEOs) about how to handle someone else taking control of the company.

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