Even with the crummy economy and high unemployment, smart leaders are still concerned about the potential loss of great talent from their companies. Whether you’re running a company, division, department, or a team, you need to plan for your future talent needs. And the sooner, the better.

In this month’s 60-Second Email (TM) , we outline the first steps you need to take for effective succession planning.

And when you’re done reading, let us know your thoughts. What else needs to be considered when doing succession planning? Any examples of succession planning done well? Done poorly? We’d like to know, and so would other readers (would we lie to you?!)

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