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Succession in a Time of Crisis

Donna J. Bear

Selecting and preparing tomorrow's leaders is an initiative that often requires a long timeline. But good succession planning also considers the company's needs within a more immediate window that of crisis response. History shows that it's all too possible for organizations to unexpectedly lose essential personnel to fatal accidents, diseases, scandals, political turmoil, or a number of other calamities. Such incidents can call succession plans into play at a moment's notice.

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