Succession Planning vs. Replacement Planning • 27/05/2026 BP's Board Chose an Industry Outsider to Break the CEO Revolving Door: When External Succession Wins Analysis of BP’s move toward an external CEO, using Meg O’Neill as a case example, and what it teaches boards about CEO succession planning, governance, and when to choose an outside candidate over internal leaders.
Case Studies • 20/05/2026 Spring 2026's CEO Succession Surge: What the Data Says About Building Internal Pipelines That Deliver Explore CEO succession trends for 2026, why internal CEO promotion now dominates, and how boards use structured pipelines, success profiles, and external benchmarking to balance internal and external candidates.
Case Studies • 18/05/2026 What Apple's Cook-to-Ternus Transition Teaches Every Board About 25-Year Pipeline Investments Apple’s long-term CEO succession approach, including John Ternus’s development and Apple’s governance design, offers practical lessons boards, small businesses and nonprofits can adapt to build resilient leadership pipelines.
Case Studies • 03/05/2026 Constellation's Fink Handover and the Board-Director-to-CEO Playbook Analysis of Constellation Brands’ board director to CEO succession, the governance trade offs, and safeguards boards need when a director becomes chief executive. by Morgan Thompson
Case Studies • 21/04/2026 What Dow's Multi-Year Carter Succession Tells You About Pipeline Discipline Use Dow’s March 20, 2024 CEO succession as a benchmark to build audit-ready CEO succession plans, strengthen internal pipelines, and reduce time to fill and transition risk. by Alexandre Duval
Case Studies • 10/03/2026 How a mentor network email strategy strengthens succession planning Learn how a structured mentor network email strategy strengthens succession planning, protects privacy, and turns mentoring data into reliable leadership insights. by Armand Delacroix
Case Studies • 15/10/2025 Announcing the Next Wave of C-Suite Leaders Explore the intricacies of succession planning and the strategic considerations for appointing new C-suite executives. by Griffin St. Clair
