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Succession Planning

As succession stories go, this one could be titled "The Good, The Bad, and the possibly-but-hopefully-not Ugly." A physician, just promoted to the top job in his group, received the piece of congratulatory good news—that big promotion—along with a bonus of bad news.

His boss and longtime mentor, the very doctor he would replace and a man who had strongly supported his ascension, had decided to stick around after all—as a new board member, presumably providing oversight.

"Will he be in my way? Will the board turn to him, instead of me?" asked the soon-to-be physician leader in a letter . . . [Click for More]

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