How to hand over a job with the least pain for all

I am going on maternity leave in three weeks and may not have overlap with my replacement, so I won't get to train them. How do I prepare my team for this change? How do I prepare my replacement from afar? What are best practices in job handover? What do you wish your predecessor had left you? [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Feb 2, 2012 - 4 answers