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Interim Executive Directors: The Power in the Middle
This monograph explains the benefits and basics of using an interim executive director in a leadership transition.
Interim Chief Executives
This chart from BoardSource describes the differences among acting, interim, and transition chief executives and when each one might be the best fit.
Exit Agreements for Nonprofit CEOs: A Guide for Boards and Executives
Learn the difference between and exit agreement and a separation agreement as well as good practices for boards managing executive transitions.
Executive Transition Timeline
Nonprofits can use this executive transition timeline to help prepare for an upcoming transition or update their succession planning process.
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.
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
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
Employment Law for North Carolina Nonprofits
A handbook of major state and federal employment law requirements for North Carolina nonprofits.
Will We Get There Hire by Hire?
"We haven’t confronted this elephant in the room: If few people of color want to lead your staff or serve on your board despite the fact that you work in and with communities of color, it is entirely likely that people of color don’t see your organization as a place through which to make social change."
Working at the Intersections: LGBTQ Nonprofit Staff and the Racial Leadership Gap
This report examines how the 21% of nonprofit staff who self-identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) responded to this survey, which was primarily about race.