CEO Transition Communications Guide

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Passing the Torch

A Framework for CEO Transition Communications for Professional Services Businesses.

CEO transitions are one of the highest-stakes communications moments an organization will face. This guide helps professional services leaders get them right.

The moment a CEO transition is announced, every stakeholder — clients, employees, partners, the market — is asking the same question: what does this mean for us? The organizations that answer clearly and quickly turn that moment into momentum. This guide gives you the framework to be one of them.

What’s inside: 

  1. Data from 50+ leaders on LinkedIn

  2. The three transition scenarios and why identifying yours comes first

  3. The four C's of transition communications

  4. How to handle the outgoing CEO (an underused asset)

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