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We work closely with you to tailor a process to your situation, dynamics, and needs. We respect and hold your anxiety about finding your next leader, listening carefully to the uniqueness of your organization, culture, or field of work.
- Arthur Alley consultants have been on the forefront of the not-for-profit sector for decades.
Search Solutions: Your budget is unique. You can expect Arthur Alley to have a solution for your search needs regardless of the level of position you seek to fill. Our years of experience have garnered relationships with 100’s of organizations -all primed as a wealth of networking opportunities. Example documents for finding sample language when drafting a Request for Proposals during the process of hiring executive search services to aid your organization with hiring a President/CEO.
The job description is your primary vehicle for announcing the open position to external and internal audiences, and is a valuable tool for finding candidates best-suited to your organization's needs. The Nonprofit Job Description Toolkit features a wide range of sample job descriptions for senior nonprofit leadership roles--including CEO/executive director, COO, CFO, communications, programs, and more. Provides a template email job announcement. (Bridgespan)
Common sense, an inclusive listening tour, frank dialogue, and more are essential ingredients for the process of succession. Examples of unspoken challenges are revealed in Successful Successions: Executive Transitions that Worked, stories of Nonprofit Quarterly's experience recruiting chief executives and their successors for three different organizations.
The Center developed a request for proposal for an executive search firm while conducting its executive search for its president & CEO. Use the Center's document as an example and adapt this template for your own.
Sample Confidentiality Agreement for Board and Staff Members during an executive search (North Carolina Center for Nonprofits)
BoardSource's Executive Transition Timeline provides a timeline that nonprofits can use to help prepare for an upcoming transition or update their succession planning process.