With Chipotle (CMG) CEO Brian Niccol replacing Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Laxman Narasimhan, the business sector is putting CEOs under a microscope. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi spoke with Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and former Medtronic CEO Bill George on Opening Bid about the trials and tribulations of succession planning, comparing the recent Starbucks upheaval to the state of Disney (DIS), Microsoft (MSFT), Boeing (BA), and General Electric (GE). Overall George said the key piece of this puzzle is that boards need 'to do a better job of long-term succession planning, not just emergency planning.'

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