Departure-Defined Succession Planning: The Seven Essential Elements for a Successful CEO Transition

“Departure-Defined Succession Planning” opens with anecdotes from California health clinics that ran into difficulties with their CEO departures.  The paper then describes seven practices that clinics should undertake to avoid transition problems and ensure a smooth hand-off to a well-qualified new leader.  An example of each practice in action is drawn from the experiences of Community Health Clinic Ole in the management of its 2010 transition to a new CEO."