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Succession Planning for Nonprofits - Managing Leadership Transitions
A slew of good resources to support your succession planning work.
Table for Two: Can Founders & Successors Co-Exist So Everyone Wins?
In most cases a graceful exit, in which the founder leaves the organization completely, is the most appropriate way for an organization to manage the transition from a long-time or founding chief executive. However, the conventional wisdom about founder transitions has taken on the character of an absolute rule.
Telework Policies
A collection of resources on telecommuting including sample policies and things to consider before implementing a policy at your organization.
The Importance of Linking Leadership Succession, Strategy, and Governance
Leaders are often in denial about when their effectiveness is losing its edge and when is the appropriate time to leave. This article offers an overview of the challenges and three common dilemmas in leadership succession. (Nonprofit Quarterly)
The Right Way to Resign from a Board
Learn how to step away from a difficult role leaving both yourself and the organization with a positive experience using the tips in this resource.
The Sweet Sounds of a Board-CEO Partnership
On paper, nonprofit boards and CEOs are required to work together. Yet instead of making sweet music to the upbeat tempo of a nonprofit's mission, many nonprofit boards find themselves working at odds with the CEO they hired.
Thinking Creatively About Executive Succession
How does a founding or long-term executive learn to let go of his/her organization?
Tips on the Transition from an Iconic CEO
Read these tips on creating a smooth executive transition from a group of nonprofit CEOs and board leaders.
Twelve Ways to Get a New Executive Director off on the Right Foot
This article shares twelve ideas to help get the new executive director started on a path to success. (Blue Avocado)
Where to Start: Priorities for a New Director
Lessons learned about how a new executive can get off to a positive start.
Why and How to Hire an Interim Executive Director
Research suggests that a skilled interim executive director (ED) helps nonprofits to emerge stronger, more fiscally sound, and with higher levels of optimism. Learn how an interim ED can lay the groundwork for the next leader's success.
Logic Model Development Guide
The Logic Model Development Guide provides practical assistance to the underlying principles of "logic modeling" so nonprofit staff and community members can enhance their program planning, implementation, and dissemination.
Evaluation Handbook
The Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation provides a framework for evaluation as a useful program tool for grantees, nonprofits, and community leaders.
Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
This publication reports on the findings of a study conducted by the Building Movement Project on generational difference in leadership in small- and mid-sized social change organizations. (The Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Why Boards Don't Govern, Part 2
In the second part of Why Boards Don't Govern, this article goes beyond the idea that "boards need to be trained" and instead proposes some practical ways to strengthen governance.