The Sustainable Succession Notebook: a practical guide to preparing the handover
meaneo White Paper — V. Baschet (H.99) and D. Sensey — Foreword by Cécile de Lisle (in French)
Published by Valérie Baschet and Didier Sensey, co-founders of meaneo, this White Paper offers a practical and structured approach to family business succession through the Carnet de Transmission Durable (Sustainable Succession Notebook).
With a foreword by Cécile de Lisle, Executive Director of HEC Paris – Dieter Schwarz Foundation Center for Family Business, it invites business leaders and successors to view the handover as a genuine act of governance. The succession of a family business is far more than a legal or wealth-planning operation. It engages human, strategic, organisational and emotional dimensions that call for anticipation, dialogue and support. In this White Paper, meaneo introduces an original steering tool: the Carnet de Transmission Durable.
Designed as a structuring framework, it accompanies leaders and successors before, during and after the handover, helping to secure each stage of the succession process. Through this publication, the authors champion a vision of succession as a fully-fledged act of governance — one that engages the long-term continuity of the company, the balance of family relationships, and the responsibility owed to all stakeholders.