When your shoes are this big, how can you find the right feet to fill them?

The details are different, but all too often, the stories are the same. One company’s CEO is diagnosed with debilitating health problems and is forced into abrupt retirement. Another firms executive is killed in a terrible accident. Yet another business leader hits her 70th birthday and realizes she’s ready to retire, but the business can’t function without her.

The question is unpleasant but necessary: If you stepped down tomorrow, how would your business fare? SmartCEO asked local CEOs to share their advice on the success planning process.

Read more in SmartCEO magazine’s digital edition.

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