Focus: Great leadership handovers → part of the transition framework.
Goal: Lead the organisation through transition to post-transition stability.
Key principle: No one gets there unless everyone gets there.
Core learning areas:
- Communicating well.
- Planning the transition timeline.
- Applying key transition principles.
Communication:
- Clear, generous communication is essential.
- Over-communicate rather than under-communicate.
- Explain the timeline and process clearly.
- New leaders communicate the outgoing leader’s vision for trust and continuity.
- Frame changes as strengthening vision and values.
- Humility and transparency build trust and ownership.
Transition Timeline:
- Plan well in advance as a team.
3 phases:
- Preparing phase
- Transition phase
- Supporting phase
Use the downloadable guide to define goals and action steps.
At each phase, include all stakeholders in the communication plan.