I think the sticky wicket here is that the author did not feel like they were part of the succession planning and were somewhat blindsided by it. I agree he pr

I think the sticky wicket here is that the author did not feel like they were part of the succession planning and were somewhat blindsided by it. I agree he probably should have been proactive in making sure someone can step in his role. But also his management should have kept him in the loop and, ideally, playing a fundamental role in selecting his successors. None of that seemed to happen, so it seemed like bad leadership all around.