Three Dimensions In The CEO Transition Playbook

“Without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture. Unless transition happens, the change won’t work.”
William Bridges, Author, The Way Of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments

By 2024, 41% of the U.S. labor force will be over the age of 55, and the Baby Boomer generation will be out of the workforce entirely by 2030. Given that today’s average age of a chief executive officer (CEO) across all industries is 58 years, most of them will be exiting in the next decade (see As Baby Boomers Near Retirement, Companies Risk A . . .