Succession leadership.

摘要

One of the hardest decisions for successful leaders is deciding when to step down. Many leaders find it very hard to leave. Some, like Teddy Roosevelt, leave and then find it impossible to stay away, which creates problems for their successors. This leads many presidents and CEOs to try for a clean break. The problem in many situations is that there is little planning and preparation for that break, leading to a vacuum and discontinuity in leadership. In 2010, at the October ACR Practice Leaders meeting, a survey of the leaders in attendance revealed that fewer than half of the practices represented had plans for succession. In this month's column, I focus on ways you can help prepare your successors for the challenges they will face.