A lengthy leadership transition provided Richard Goyder with the ideal preparation for his role as Wesfarmers’ boss in 2005, the outgoing managing director told today’s Business News Success & Leadership breakfast.

And he’s currently passing the value of that 15-month leadership transition to his successor, Rob Scott, over a similar time frame before heading out the door later this year.

Mr Scott, who heads Wesfarmers’ industrials division, was announced as the conglomerate’s next chief executive in February of this year, but won’t step into the role until November.

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