In order for your succession plan to succeed, you have to enunciate a clear vision.  A weakness of many plans is the lack of continuing clarity.  How do you ensure that you have clarity?  Write it down.

Reducing your succession plan to writing is a necessary step that forces you to set out in unambiguous terms:

1. the objectives of your succession plan

2. the key players in your plan

3.  milestones and measurable goalposts

Thinking about these key steps and pieces of information, will help you clarify the plan and help you have something that you can share with the others involved in your succession plan.

As you embark and continue on your succession journey, revisit this written plan and update as needed.

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