Oft-given career advice is to "take one job while considering the next." The point is to manage professional life the way many people manage social life: with gusto and an eye toward what to do next New Year's Eve. Here's another take on the maxim: Take a job thinking about the next one while grooming whoever gets your job.
For some, succession planning is setting oneself up for the triple double cross. Shakespearean tragedies aside, the mark of a true leader ...