If it is true that you are only as good as the team you have around you, then few decisions could be as important as who will be your No 2. Just ask Douglas Daft, whose lack of a capable successor sullied his departure last spring from Coca-Cola.
James Cantalupo, on the other hand, thrived as chief executive ofaresurgent McDonald's, in part because he had highly capable Charlie Bell as his right hand. That arrangement proved doubly fortunate for the company after Mr Cantalupo died of a heart attack in April.
