"smooth succession" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The CEO ensured a smooth succession of leadership by carefully selecting and grooming his successor.
A study by Sharma et al. (2015) indicated that authoritative parental styles that are successful at upbringing their offspring had relatively smooth succession process with their kids in the family business.
This will allow screening and intervention to occur in smooth succession within schools - an important factor for success and sustainability.
3. Labour needs a smooth succession.
Such instability, experts say, could undermine an otherwise smooth succession.
But that means giving up on smooth succession as the overriding goal.
The transfer of power to Mr Hu was the first smooth succession in communist China's history.
GE's talent management people, for example, play a critical role, at both the corporate and business-unit level, in filling key positions, insuring smooth successions, driving company-wide review processes, and building tools that managers can use to direct their own careers.
Drawing on your experience as directors, how would you say that a board could best ensure a smooth and successful succession?
"They want a smooth power succession, a smooth transition.
Would the attack create unity within the military ranks that might help smooth the succession process when Kim Jong-il finally dies?
Rather than creating institutions to ensure a smooth political succession, they give the impression of wanting to rule for ever.
