December 12, 2018

Startup Grind PWC - Why founders need to consider their own succession early.

May 26, 2018

A TEDx Talk

March 16, 2018

University of California - Irvine Applied Innovation Presentation

February 03, 2018

A compelling dialog about the pitfalls of an unwary transition that lacks the required planning.  A checklist of how to improve this process.

May 31, 2017

Quite commonly, founders make terrible CEOs. They have a difficult time segregating their personal relationships with their founding teams from the objective reality of the situation. It’s hard starting a company from scratch, and you often have to have a band of loyal followers in the beginning. Once it scales, usually needs much different talent.

October 10, 2017

On this episode of Business Insanity Talk Radio, we first talk about the changing role of the founder as a company grows. We’ll discuss when it might be time for founders to step down from their company and let new leadership take over.

September 20, 2017

Les Trachtman speaks about founder transitions and how companies can plan ahead to avoid catastrophes. He speaks with Mike Saunders of Influential Entrepreneurs about this topic.

November 02, 2017

In today’s interview, Susan talks with Les Trachtman about his book, Don’t F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés That Inhibit Growth. Susan and Les discuss the challenges founders and entrepreneurs have in letting go of their businesses, and how to empower employees and make them feel valued.

October 24, 2019

Justin Brady of iHeart Radio and I discuss how leaders can stop screwing things up.

October 25, 2017

• The importance of having a succession plan for your business

• How far into the future you should be looking into a business succession plan

• Why identifying the truth in an organization is important

November 06, 2017

I talk with Kevin Short on his show Think Outrageous about the issues associated with founder transitions.