Welcome to The Succession Conversation

Ensuring that a family enterprise thrives across time and generations is no easy feat. Central to this challenge is skillfully navigating leadership transitions and the inevitable tensions, conflicts, and potential missteps that often come with this. The Succession Conversation is a podcast for family business owners, rising generation family members, executives, and their advisors responsible for ensuring these crucial leadership transitions are successful. 

Hosted by Vantage Founding Partner, Carl Robinson, Ph.D., and Partner, Susan Ko, Ph.D., this series brings together Founders, next generation leaders, outside executives, and respected experts to share their experiences, insights, and lessons they’ve learned the hard way. Through these candid conversations, Carl and Susan explore the human dynamics behind family wealth and the enterprises they built, from cultivating stakeholder relationships to engaging family members in the right way and at the right time. Whether you are preparing for a transition or planning for the future, the Succession Conversation offers valuable perspectives on building a legacy that endures.

Pilot Episode

In the pilot episode of The Succession Conversation, Carl Robinson, Ph.D. and Susan Ko, Ph.D. explore what happens when family advisors get pulled beyond their role, and the conversations, boundaries and family dynamics that matter in succession.