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Leadership succession in family businesses: Making decisions without fracturing the family.

Leadership succession in family businesses: Making decisions without fracturing the family.

Preparing the next generation. Ensuring continuity.

A successful executive succession isn't just about choosing the right person. It comes down to clear criteria, ensuring everyone has their place, and timing conversations right. We address these three points before any names are even mentioned.

Preparing your executive succession ↗

When Business and Family Turn the Page

When Business and Family Turn the Page

An inheritance to plan for

Prepare the handover, clarify the selection criteria, and organize the stages of the transition.

An external executive to onboard

Clarify its mandate, actual autonomy, and interaction with family shareholders.

Roles to clarify

Distinguishing between what pertains to ownership, what pertains to governance, and what pertains to operational management.

Our method

Organizing a lasting transition

Organizing a lasting transition

A scoping effort that translates family expectations and business needs into decision-making criteria and explicit responsibilities.

01

Scoping interviews

With the parties agreed upon in the mandate: shareholders, current management, and designated successors.

02

Target Role Analysis

What the role actually requires over the next three years, regardless of who holds it.

03

Criteria and Decision-Making Process

What the decision will be based on, who makes it, and in what sequence.

04

Transition Plan

The steps, their timeline, and the checkpoints, right up to the actual start date.

Our Market Perspective

We know the market you don't see

We know the market you don't see

When a family wonders whether to appoint an heir or hire from the outside, the question is not a theoretical one. It depends on what the market actually has to offer for that role, in that industry, at that compensation level. As executive search professionals, our expertise provides this insight. And we share it with you, whether or not you ultimately decide to hire.

Perimeter

What we treat, what we do not treat

What we treat, what we do not treat

We specialize in managerial succession and leadership organization. Wealth management, tax, and legal matters—as well as disputes requiring specialized mediation—fall under the purview of the appropriate professionals, with whom we are pleased to coordinate.

What you receive

  • A summary of the expressed expectations and identified arbitration points.

  • The written definition of the future leader's mandate.

  • A documented comparison of succession scenarios.

  • A transition and integration roadmap.

Thomas Rozier

YOUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR THESE MISSIONS

Thomas Rozier

Thomas Rozier

Founder of Laroze Partners

He built his initial expertise in financial and strategic consulting before expanding into tech and healthcare. He leads the consulting engagements himself, from scoping through to delivering recommendations.

Talk with Thomas Rozier ↗

Frequently Asked Questions

Your Questions

Your Questions

A confidential conversation

Let's prepare your next step

Let's prepare your next step

An initial confidential conversation to assess your transition and the work it requires.

Let's talk about your challenges ↗