It
happened again last week. A meeting that started as a project planning
session ended with a discussion about how a lot of the well-known faces
in the industry are about to change. In some cases, the timeline for
these well-deserved retirements is measured in months. In other cases,
it’s a couple of short years. But too often, it seems, there has not
been a lot of serious thinking about who will step up or step in when
(insert name here) inevitably takes the career off ramp.