The art of succession planning focuses on being able to identify
alternative options should one's initial plan fail or cannot be
implemented. For this reason, Succession Planning is very similar
to Contingency Planning insofar as succession planning within an
organisational context increases organisational flexibility and
helps an organisation have more than one option in any
situation.
But what does Succession Planning really focus on? The secret of
an effective Succession Planning programme is one - identify your
key activities and make sure you have more than one option that
will still enable the activity to be carried out as planned. A
stunning example the whole world has seen of how important
succession planning is was in this year's FIFA World Cup Finals
that were hosted by Brazil. The Brazilian football team was built
around two key players, Thiago Silva and Neymar, and as long as
these two players were in the team, the host nation managed to
progress in these
