If you help lead a church and are either in the process, or soon will be, proper succession planning is critical for long term success.  Take careful note of an upcoming online conference on this topic from the good folks  at Leadership Network. Here is a teaser from their website: While there are numerous stories describing the highly visible failures in transition and succession, there are even more stories of the positive transition from one pastor to another that have rarely been heard. To highlight what is being learned in these cases, as well as the…