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succession planning

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of succession planning - the shows and 55 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Succession planning requires managing multiple dimensions: legal and financial frameworks for departures, leadership development pipelines, retention strategies, and multi-generational wealth considerations. These episodes cover employee rights in retirement transitions, executive isolation during CEO transitions, talent acceleration under leaders like Nate Boaz, family wealth advising across generations, and the cultural retention drivers that Karlton Butts identifies as critical to keeping institutional knowledge intact during leadership changes.

Best shows on succession planning

Family Business Audiocast
3 episodes · best 84.0/100
The Family Biz Show
1 episode · best 84.0/100
Family Business Today
1 episode · best 81.0/100
The HR Impact Show
1 episode · best 81.0/100
Building Unbreakable Brands
1 episode · best 80.0/100
The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors
1 episode · best 80.0/100
Here's the Deal
1 episode · best 77.0/100
The Accounting Leads Now Podcast
1 episode · best 76.0/100

Best episodes on succession planning

How ESOPs Help Family Business Owners Exit Without Losing Their Legacy | The Family Biz Show Ep. 40
The Family Biz Show · 2026-08-03
84 / 100
Episode 71: Rebecca Gooch on Succession Planning and the Family Enterprise Boom
Family Business Audiocast · 2026-08-06
84 / 100
…Gooch focuses on global research and thought leadership and runs that business at Deloitte surrounding family enterprises, family offices, succession planning, governance, private capital, and the evolving multi-generational wealth landscape.…
Episode 103: 1 Family, 4 Generations, 100 Years: The Sprague Pest Solutions Story with Ross Treleven
Family Business Today · 2026-07-21
81 / 100
…Well, uh, so, uh, um, your family has been, um, successful at succession planning and leadership development.…
From Complexity to Empowerment: Airbus’ Approach to Decentralized Leadership: Paul Coignec (Head of HR, APAC at Airbus)
The HR Impact Show · 2025-10-16
81 / 100
…peaker B: So I'm curious to know, how does Airbus look at secession planning? Succession planning is often thought about at perhaps the uh, more senior level.…
Values-Driven Succession Planning: How to Leave Something You Love with Everett and Jack Dowling
Building Unbreakable Brands · 2026-03-12
80 / 100
…At that time, there weren't as many programs regarding family businesses or succession planning, and he loved what he did.…
Why So Many Successful Advisors Feel Stuck - Best of Replay
The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors · 2026-09-10
80 / 100
The Pope's Selection and How Succession Planning (really) Happens in Companies. | S2 E2
Here's the Deal · 2025-09-04
77 / 100
…Uh, so what's the deal for today? Today's deal is about succession, specifically succession planning.…
The Man Who's Never Lost a Deal in 12 Years (Here's How) | Justin Farmer
The Accounting Leads Now Podcast · 2026-06-18
76 / 100
…So being in that my background as an attorney, I help people with you know succession planning, estate planning, business planning.…
EP 49 - HEED This: Reading Body Language, Running Investigations, and What Counterintelligence Teaches HR with Derik Clark
The HR Life Podcast · 2026-05-19
76 / 100
Passing The Baton In Healthcare Supply Chains
Taking The Supply Chain Pulse · 2026-02-26
76 / 100
…Number one is about succession planning.…
Episode 64: Luke Jernagan on Building Family Office Services That Go Beyond the Balance Sheet
Family Business Audiocast · 2026-04-29
75 / 100
…He helps families navigate succession planning, shared decision making, and generational transition.…
Navigating Promotions: How to Stick the Landing Like a Pro! with Steve Mos
The Step UP · 2026-04-21
75 / 100
…If somebody is a director and maybe in their in succession planning, they've been told, yeah, you may become a vice president in the next year.…
The Ghost in the Machine…. and Who Owns It
AI for HR Weekly Podcast, brought to you by Barry Phillips · 2026-06-03
74 / 100
…That's succession planning, onboarding and knowledge management, all wearing a very expensive new coat.…
Beyond Numbers: Business Leadership for CFOs Part 2
Informed Decisions · 2026-07-07
74 / 100
…can you do to upskill your ability to be ah, an effective uh, presenter, an effective public speaker? What are you doing, uh, to um, um, uh, build your bench underneath you, the, you know, the whole succession planning, making yourself not necessary in your particular role so that you've got a couple of people underneath you that might be somebody who could replace you because that, that can, that, that'll help as well.…
The Evolution of Family Wealth Management with Henry Brandts-Giesen
Family Office Intel · 2025-06-12
73 / 100
…Succession planning is a big part of what I do as well.…
Ep 276 - New Retirement Rules: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations
The HR Room Podcast · 2026-06-30
72 / 100
…You can't have, um, a situation where the organization says, well, we've a retirement policy that says intergenerational fairness, succession planning, health and safety, whatever it is, means that we retire people at age X.…
Preserving Powerhouse Talent
Schmidt List · 2026-02-17
72 / 100
Why You're Not Getting Promoted (And What to Do About It)
Leadership Sovereignty Podcast: Career Growth and Promotion · 2026-04-06
71 / 100
…I teed myself up for succession planning as being replaced.…
Navigating Conflict Through Mediation in Family Businesses with Katie Kolon
Fearless Family Business · 2025-08-26
70 / 100
…I'm also networking with other advisors who probably see the need sooner to bring someone like me in, um, to reduce the risk of, you know, succession planning or deals or whatever.…
Ep #416: Beyond the Balance Sheet: Advising Families Across Generations
Behind The Advisor · 2026-06-03
68 / 100
…This time we're focusing on how his work has evolved specifically into helping families navigate aging parents, succession planning and multigenerational wealth decisions.…
Episode 59: Emily Balentine Barbour on Multi-Generational Wealth and Family Legacy at Balentine
Family Business Audiocast · 2026-02-16
66 / 100
…We talked about human capital, talked about that governance, like the board of directors or board charter or external advisors, and just preparing for that succession planning at the business level.…
Finding Your Fulfilling Fit
The Upstream Leader Podcast · 2026-02-16
65 / 100
…So I'm kind of, one of the big things that I've gotten from ELA is, is like you talked about this succession planning and really focusing on who is going to step into my role as I step into the next role.…
Season 1 - Episode 25 | The Real Journey of Entrepreneurship - Pain, Purpose, and Personal Growth: Mr. Daron Hongsananda (Thailand)
Thriving in the Age of Disruption · 2026-01-03
65 / 100
…Ramesh gets into a deep, heartfelt discussion with our guest speaker from Thailand, on the intricacies of inter-generational succession planning in a successful family business and balancing that with entrepreneurial ambitions to build one's own business.…
Developing Talent & Accelerating Leadership with Nate Boaz
The Big 4 Transparency Podcast · 2026-05-21
63 / 100
…And the firm also needs some succession planning.…
Leadership Is a Contact Sport: How to Stop Avoiding the Tough Stuff
The Visible Leader · 2025-07-01
62 / 100
…And where's the succession planning in that?…
How to Build Credibility with Hiring Managers Before You Even Speak with Caroline Kiesler and Kearstin McGinnis
Recruiting is No Joke · 2025-11-05
62 / 100
…I think about the output of work that I have as an HR director and what the business needs right now is more development in leadership, succession planning, things like that.…
Recipe for Success - The Story of How a Successful Family Business Transitioned Between Generations
Exploring Family Business · 2022-07-14
61 / 100
…Succession planning, or more specifically a lack of it, is the number one reason family owned businesses fail to survive.…
EP 215: Building Human-Centered Talent Acquisition in the AI Era
The Breakthrough Hiring Show · 2026-05-14
61 / 100
…about how do we think about the the full life cycle of the employee, right? Like, and that's not down to the things that our like HR, you know, colleagues are doing, but really thinking about like succession planning, thinking about, you know, where do we have points of weakness, thinking about how do we work with our hiring managers to be a counselor?…
Launching into the Future: Middle Market Trends for 2025, with Doug Farren
In Good Companies · 2025-02-11
61 / 100
Talent, Strategy, and Story Telling: James B. Smith, CEO of Rare Placement, on Finding - and Becoming - the Right Retail Leader (Encore Epiosde)
The Voice of Retail · 2026-06-26
59 / 100
…one of the first questions you have for executives, what's, uh, your succession plan? What do great succession plans look like? Are they being structured properly? What's your tips about how to get succession planning right?…
Karlton Butts: Attorney Development, Culture, and the Real Drivers of Retention
BE THAT LAWYER · 2026-06-08
56 / 100
Know Why You Win (Audiobook)
Rethink The Way You Sell · 2026-03-19
56 / 100
…Strategic decisions get easier because you understand what's actually driving your success, and succession planning becomes a lot less scary because the knowledge isn't locked in a veterans unconscious patterns.…
Dr. Nicholas Michels - Rich by Choice: Why True Wealth is an Immediate Decision, Not a Destination
Becoming Preferred · 2026-06-22
55 / 100
…So a lot of billionaires and the dysfunction that goes with that and succession planning and affluenza and the kids being spoiled and ruined and I want to kind of get into that a little bit as well because sure, an important element to it.…
The CEO Journey: From Isolation to Impact with Barb Kinnaird
Tip Top · 2026-06-17
55 / 100
Family Business Funding in a Post-Pandemic World
Exploring Family Business · 2022-06-30
55 / 100
…And this has led to more discussions around succession planning, around protecting value, around acquisitions to take advantage of these markets market conditions.…
Leading a Team and What it Means to Truly be of Service with Geoffrey Roche
The Leadership Mind · 2023-07-31
55 / 100
…He also talks about the importance of succession planning and how that might be the one thing that we're focusing on least in leadership and is something that requires a greater amount of intention, focus and strategy to make sure that organizations are really playing the long…
The Final Months Before a Sale Can Make or Break Your Exit
The Ins and Outs of Selling a Business · 2026-06-25
54 / 100
Can AI Make You a Great Leader?
Meta-Cast · 2026-06-15
54 / 100
…Promotions, um, you know, succession planning.…
Constraint Creates Clarity: A Better Executive Search Strategy for CEOs and Board Candidates
Get Hired Up: Executive Brand Management · 2026-07-17
52 / 100
Courageous Leadership with Kevin Cashman
Reimagining the Future: Envisioning What's Next · 2026-01-29
50 / 100
From IT executive to founder & owner of Human Insights Consulting Group, meet Jenn Lorenz
The Career Flipper Podcast · 2025-10-23
45 / 100
…What does it look like to have someone else coming? You know, think about succession planning on that front, make sure, you know, the ducks are in the row before I can actually leave.…
Leaders Don't Stop Learning
The Coaching Outcomes Podcast from Values Based Leadership · 2026-03-09
42 / 100
Conflict Avoidance Is Not a Strategy
Resilient Workplace Podcast with Hosts Kellie & Joy · 2026-05-18
42 / 100
…Succession planning, whatever it is.…
Recapping 50 Interviews with L&D Professionals
Surveying the L&D Landscape · 2024-09-10
39 / 100
…Continued skill towards, like designing leadership development programs like competency modeling or succession planning or for talent marketplaces like building out job aids to help people better do their work.…
Freedom to Build, Risk, and Begin Again: A Fourth of July Message from Julie Keyes
Poised for Exit · 2026-07-02
36 / 100
HR Is Not Your Friend? Debunking Another Viral HR Hate Rant
Jaded HR · 2026-06-18
35 / 100
…Um, you need to have succession planning.…
250 Episodes: What Leading Through the Mess Actually Teaches You
The Unconventional Leadership Podcast · 2026-06-11
35 / 100
Due Diligence Deep Dive
Buying A Business · 2025-11-11
32 / 100
Buying A Business
Buying A Business · 2025-10-28
32 / 100
Success Leaves Clues Ep. 290 - The Leadership Shift That Builds Companies That Last with Sarah O’Brien, Chief Operating Officer at SMS Security
Success Leaves Clues with Robin Bailey and Al McDonald · 2026-04-23
How Can We Get A Better Handle On Workforce Planning?
Diagnosing The Workplace: Not Just An HR Podcast · 2024-07-31
Preparing your business for succession
Exploring Family Business · 2021-06-03
S4E5: Daphne Dufresne, Founder, Awani Capital Management
Moments that Made Her · 2025-05-07
Growth, Succession Planning and Tech: Exploring Success With Slim Chickens CEO Tom Gordon
HR Break Room · 2025-07-25
…We'll also have a chance to hear how his experiences in commercial kitchens helped inform his approach to succession planning.…
How Senior Leaders Build a Succession Pipeline
Executive Careers with Fexingo · 2026-08-04