by Don Tebbe | Feb 27, 2020 | Executive Transition
Unfortunately, there are times when a nonprofit board is forced to initiate the parting of ways with its executive director. In some situations, the cause is clear and urgent, such as illegal acts or other gross misconduct. In other instances, such as those involving...
by Don Tebbe | Feb 22, 2020 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition
The circumstances surrounding most executive director terminations are often more complicated than they appear. I’ll leave the termination process to the legal experts. Instead, this article covers how to put the organization back on track after the inevitable trauma...
by Don Tebbe | Feb 4, 2020 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition
Nearly every nonprofit board faces the challenge of hiring a new chief executive at some point. And when it comes to managing the executive director transition, every board seems to remember that terse line in the bylaws. You know — the one that reads, “the board is...
by Don Tebbe | Jan 25, 2020 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition
Your decision to leave the executive director role sets major changes in motion — big changes for yourself and your organization. It’s critical that you plan for executive succession. Unwinding from the role and preparing the organization for the transition...
by Don Tebbe | Jan 23, 2020 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition, New Executives
The final stage in the nonprofit executive succession process for the departing executive director is handing off the role to their successor. The handoff consists of at least one meeting, if not a series of meetings, between the exiting and incoming executives....
by Don Tebbe | Jan 6, 2020 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition
While every nonprofit and its executive director transition are unique, these leadership transitions tend to follow seven broad patterns. And each of these types needs its own set of actions to manage the transition well. We’ll get into the types in a moment, but...
by Don Tebbe | Dec 24, 2019 | Executive Succession
Work can be viewed as a job (a source of money and security), a career (a source of achievement and advancement), or a calling (a source of meaning and purpose). Since the days of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation, the notion of a...
by Don Tebbe | Dec 19, 2019 | Executive Succession
No succession plan? With this free step-by-step guide, you can get “succession essentials” in place for your executive director position. And you can do it painlessly and with less than an hour’s work in many cases. The guide includes: Simple, step-by-step...
by Don Tebbe | Dec 13, 2019 | Executive Succession, Executive Transition, Sustainability Planning
Executive director succession — the process of managing the turnover in a nonprofit’s chief executive position — involves a range of decisions, actions, and events spread over a year or more. The process begins with the incumbent executive’s decision to...
by Don Tebbe | Nov 19, 2019 | Executive Succession
In this one-hour webinar offered by GRF CPAs & Advisors, Trevor W. Williams, CPA and Don Tebbe cover: The three approaches to executive succession planning and their application What succession planning can do for your organization and which type would be best for...
