Managers must be involved in succession planning to avoid being unprepared when a key player suddenly leaves.
Ron is the manager of five engineers in the middle of one of the company's most revenue-generating projects in the firm's history. Unexpectedly, Mark—one of Ron's top engineers, a high-potential employee with an uncommon skill set that makes finding a replacement for him difficult—has to take an indefinite leave of absence at the most crucial moment of the project
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