Tags: Succession Planning
December 15, 2021
Resource Type: Articles
Managing Executive Turnover Risk
In the coming year, thousands of nonprofit CEOs will leave their organizations to enjoy retirement, pursue preferred pastimes, and resume travel plans to exotic locales that were delayed by the global pandemic. For most organizations, the departure of a long-time,...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
February 4, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Redundancy to Reduce Rattle
Being faced with our own personal mortality or the inevitability of losing a valued team member can feel paralyzing. Although uncertainty often inspires worry, there is one ‘risk’ about which you can be absolutely certain; everyone leaves eventually. I remember...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, HR Risk and Employment Practices
June 20, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Risk Trends that Matter to Your Mission
Yesterday I read with interest Kate Barr’s new blog post titled 8 Trends in the Nonprofit Sector. Kate is the President & CEO of Propel Nonprofits, an organization that supports nonprofits in Minnesota and adjacent states. Propel’s finance factsheets, worksheets...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mastering the Basics
I thoroughly enjoy the NCAA “March Madness” series of tournaments which began this year on March 17. This year’s line-up includes 65 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams playing in single elimination games. The tournament concludes on April 6th with...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Emergency Succession Planning: A New Risk Management To Do
CEO succession has grown to a front-burner issue for nonprofit boards, as Transition Guides and similar organizations have increased awareness of the critical importance of planning for CEO turnover. The risk of departure by a valued executive director is common to most...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Fear, Failure and What’s Next
My colleague Diana Del Bel Belluz recently sent me the link to an episode of the CBC Radio program Tapestry, hosted by Mary Hynes. The episode, titled “To Err is Human” explores a number of subjects, including two of my favorites—failure and...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Nothing to Fear but Fear
In the Quaker village where I live, Halloween is more than an opportunity to see little ones in this year’s most popular costumes. A handful of villagers spend months planning elaborate displays that will delight or frighten the customary throngs...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Avoid Transition Trauma with a CEO Succession Plan
CEO succession planning can be a touchy subject. Members of a nonprofit board may fear the risk of insulting a CEO by suggesting the topic as an agenda item. Some CEOs may feel disinclined to raise the subject because it...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
November 17, 2016
Resource Type: Infographics
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Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
August 10, 2015
Resource Type: Webinars
Hello Goodbye: Succession Planning 101
Countless nonprofit board members and CEOs have faced this million-dollar question: “Do we need a succession plan?” which is often followed by confusion and another query: “Do we need a successor ready now?” Attend this webinar to learn the why, what, who, and how of succession...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices