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This Working Life

Succession planning: build it into your DNA

Feb 21, 2025
25:15

The CEO is retiring, your team leader is moving interstate, your key IT architect has been poached by a competitor. How do you keep an organisation running smoothly without people who can step up into key roles? 

The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.

The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.

Guests:

Donald (DJ) Schepker,  Associate Professor, Research Director at Centre for Executive Succession, Darla Moore School of Business, University of Southern Carolina 

Melissa MacGowan, Strategic People and Culture leader, executive coach 

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