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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Succession

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Two prominent New England companies are in the news because of their approaches to succession planning – one is getting it all wrong, while the other is getting it absolutely right.

Put another way, when it comes to succession planning, what do Market Basket’s Arthur T. Demoulas and LL Bean’s Steve Smith have in common?  

Nothing.

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