Episode 21 - Your Best Leader Is Going to Leave. Are You Ready? A practical guide to succession planning and the leadership legacy you're building right now

The Toby Talks Podcast · Jun 4, 2026 · 23m

Your best leader is going to leave. Maybe not today. Maybe not this year. But it's going to happen. And when it does, the question won't be how you feel about it. The question will be whether you were ready for it.

Most organizations aren't. A 2023 Deloitte study found fewer than 14% of companies feel confident they have enough leaders ready to step into critical roles. That means nine out of ten organizations are one departure away from a crisis they never saw coming.

In this episode, Toby Hoy breaks down why succession planning is one of the most avoided, most expensive, and most…