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Emergency Backup and Cross-Training Plan
Adapt this template emergency backup plan for an executive director's sudden departure. It includes a cross-training plan as well.
Confidentiality Agreement for the Search and Transition Team
Adapt this template from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits to help committee members be clear about the do's and don'ts around their committee work.
Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits
A white paper from the Annie E. Casey Foundation written to help nonprofits push past resistance to succession planning.
Boards and Onboarding New Nonprofit Executives
Five recommendations for boards to lay the groundwork for a new executive director.
Avoid Transition Trauma with a Succession Plan
A short article about succession planning with links to further resources.
A Nonprofit's Guide to Engaging an Executive Search Firm
The Bridgespan Group lists actions to take before selecting an executive search firm.
52 Free Professional Development Opportunities
The Bridgespan Group created this list of 52 way you can give your staff the gift of free professional development opportunities.
CEO Compensation, Evaluation, and Emergency Succession Sample Policies
Nonprofit boards of directors can adapt these sample policies for CEO evaluation, compensation, and emergency succession.
Capturing the Power of Leadership Change: Using Executive Transition Management to Strengthen Organizational Capacity
A description of challenges association with executive transitions and an effective model that strengthens organizational capacity.
Effective Exit Interviews
Conduct effective exit interviews with every departing employee and long-time volunteer or board member.
Walking The Talk: Are We Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap?
(March 21, 2018 webinar) Building Movement Project (BMP) co-director Frances Kunreuther discusses Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap, the first report in BMP’s Race to Lead series that explores why there are so few leaders of color in the nonprofit sector.
Student Debt Resources
Resources to learn more about student loan debt, repayment, and forgiveness
Key Financial Statements
This guide for boards of directors introduces the two most important financial documents - the balance sheet and income statement - that help board members meet their fiduciary responsibilities.
Walking the Talk: Impact > Intention: Implicit Bias
(February 15, 2018 webinar) Ivan Canada and Michael Robinson of the National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad presented the second webinar in the Center's "Walking the Talk" series, Impact > Intention: Understanding Implicit Bias