Succession Planning

Jeanne C. Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

Jeanne C. Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

Jeanne C. Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

The Coaching and Philanthropy Project is an effort by The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and CompassPoint to promote greater understanding of coaching in the nonprofit sector. The project includes a video series which provides firsthand accounts about the value and impact of coaching, and how it works best.

Action Guides

Board Recruitment - How to Plan for Succession Success is a free, one-hour webinar from October 2020 by the software company Boardable. It covers:

The software company, Boardable, offers many free ebooks and webinars on board governance, recruitment, and engagement. Their selection of titles includes:

Board Recruitment

While many organizations use the buzzwords diversity,’ ‘equity,’ and ‘inclusion’ as a value, employees can’t articulate actions by their leadership around this pivotal issue. If you want to ignite excitement and purpose around DEI at your workplace, this session will provide actionable steps you can take to spearhead change at any size organization, and share resources including a workplace checklist, tips on how to form a DEI working group, and statistics that help support your case for DEI. 

As a nonprofit organization, it's important to connect with people. Investing 30 minutes on two or three days a week, your nonprofit can substantially raise your organization's visibility, build your brand, and use LinkedIn's capabilities to leverage existing connections to reach a wider audience of not only the people you know, but also the people they know. Presented by Michelle Weathersby, CEO & Executive Leadership/Career Coach & Consultant of LENS Consulting Firm, this webinar will explore:

Individuals on a nonprofit team are likely to cope and react differently to a crisis. For some, a crisis is a challenge to be conquered; they enjoy being tested, working under pressure, and the opportunity to experiment and innovate. For others, a crisis causes panic and decision paralysis; their short attention spans grow shorter and nerves are on edge. This webinar presents five strategies to equip your diverse team to weather an active or future crisis.

This free Emergency Succession Planning Template provided by Clarity Transitions will help you prepare for an emergency transition, whether temporary or permanent.

The plan has three parts – a formal designation of the CEO’s temporarily acting successors, a template for staff succession or splitting of duties, and a short emergency operations check list.