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title: Succession Planning Resources
description: "Succession Interviews with Jack Butler, Wally Brant, and Bill Baxter and their children: Abydee Butler-Moore, Joe Baxter, Jay Brant, and Anne Hayes."
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# [Succession Planning Resources](https://rmi.rmimfg.com/ratermann-blog/succession-resources)

 Written by [Marie Ratermann](https://rmi.rmimfg.com/ratermann-blog/author/marie-ratermann) | 2023, May, 01

Here are resources for you following the Succession planning panel discussion at GAWDA SMC 2023 with Jack Butler, Wally Brant, & Bill Baxter.  

### Jack Butler Chairman of Butler Gases Resources

Favorite Books:

- 7 Habits of highly successful People - Steven Covey 
- Idea Team Player- Patrick Lencioni 
- Traction - Gino Wickman 

Interview with Jack Butler

Interview with daughter, Abydee Butler-Moore, President and CEO of Butler Gases

### Bill Baxter Resources, Chairman of Holston Gases

Favorite Books:

- The Second-Generation Boss by Donald Jonovic
- Inside the Family Business by, Leon A. Danco

Interview with Bill Baxter

Interview with son, Joe Baxter 

### Wally Brant's Resources of Indiana Oxygen

Favorite Books:

- “Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook” by Josh Baron & Rob Lachenauer
- “The Motive” by Peter Lencioni
- “Perpetuating the Family Business” by John L. Ward

Interview with Wally Brant

Interview with Son, Jay Brant, CEO of Indiana Oxygen

Interview with Daughter, Anne Hayes, Vice President/Corporate Counsel 

 

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