A rapid 5-question diagnostic for boards and chairs to assess leadership succession readiness, identify critical risk flags, and benchmark your pipeline depth.
Spencer Stuart 2025: only 42% of ASX 200 companies have a fully documented succession plan approved at board level — down from 51% in 2022.
AICD DSI H2 2025: companies that promote internal CEOs outperform external hires by 24% in TSR over the first 3 years — yet 61% of boards have no qualified internal candidates.
Emergency succession events — health, resignation, misconduct — happen to 1 in 7 CEOs. Boards without an emergency plan face an average 18% share price drop on unplanned leadership transitions.
Heidrick & Struggles 2026: companies with structured leadership development programs for C-suite successors reduce CEO transition cost by 35% and time-to-productivity by 40%.
CEOs past 7 years create increasing dependency risk. Spencer Stuart found that stakeholder dependency on a single leader correlates strongly with underperformance post-succession.
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Our Advisory team works with boards to design comprehensive CEO and C-suite succession frameworks — including candidate profiling, development programs, and emergency activation protocols.
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