The raising of awareness must be coupled with concrete ideas about what to do about the problem. The basic tasks involved in succession planning include: Formulating and sharing a viable vision of the future in which the founder is no longer in charge of the family firm Selecting and training the founder's successor as well as the future top management team Designing a process through which power will be transferred from the current generation of management to the next Developing an estate plan that specifies how family assets and ownership of the enterprise will be allocated among the founder's heirs Designing and staffing the structures appropriate for managing the change, including a family council, a management task force, and a board of directors Educating the family to understand the rights and responsibilities that come with various roles that they may assume in the future [Lansberg, 1988].