Instead of grand dreams, what about your 2014 New Year’s resolutions being a form of succession plan?

prince-charles-does-the-weatherIn a remarkable bit of succession planning, Prince William is to attend a bespoke agriculture course at the University of Cambridge to prepare him for his inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall when his father, Price Charles succeeds to the throne.

Read more about this new slant on Royal succession here: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Prince-William-the-Duke-of-Cambridge-to-start-agricultural-course-at-Cambridge-University-Kensington-Palace-confirms-20131230141458.htm

Some of you may know that I’m running leadership and management programmes at The Oxfordshire Business and Enterprise School. Of the current cohort of students, two are there because they are due to inherit a business in the predictable future.

I am tempted to ask what your family succession plans are like?

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