{"id":14920,"date":"2019-05-29T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=14920"},"modified":"2019-05-29T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T10:12:25","slug":"successful-succession-is-key-to-creating-a-company-thats-worth-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=14920","title":{"rendered":"SUCCESSFUL succession is key to creating a company that&#8217;s worth money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/dms.licdn.com\/playback\/C4D05AQEpk7I1ujF3CA\/665ba0f9f8f845da9425cbd40637d780\/feedshare-mp4_3300-captions-thumbnails\/1507940147251-drlcss?e=1559214000&#038;v=beta&#038;t=4ZLd9a169fWjQkZWORrR_CGdUehic9N-VmOaMRgyIiU<\/p>\n<p>SUCCESSFUL succession is key to creating a company that&#8217;s worth money? Yet even when &#8220;textbook&#8221; succession plans have been implemented in great businesses we have picked up the pieces when they have failed. Succession is a much misunderstood and underestimated process that goes well beyond recruitment, it requires real vision and a plan that meets future challenges? 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