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Succession and Exit By the Numbers

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
7 minutes
Last Updated June 11, 2025

Abby Donnelly wrote an excellent book An Insider’s Guide to Succession and Exit in 2023. Her book is full of sound advice as well as many intriguing statistics. What are some of her most noteworthy numbers, and what can we take away by looking at the often vast differences between the perspectives of both the departing and succeeding generations?

Please tune in this week as Wayne shares some rather schizophrenic stats. He also passes along one especially particular sage succession question from Donnelly. What’s your view? Are senior leaders and their successors really that far apart in their perspectives? If so, why? Please email your comments to Wayne at [email protected]

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