The Nonprofit CEO Succession Roadmap: Your Guide for the Journey to Life’s Chapter
The first book to focus on “exit planning” for executive directors, it helps leaders:
- Navigate their transition with clarity, purpose, and confidence.
- Define their role in succession and master the three key jobs of a leader-in-transition.
- Manage the emotional, professional, and personal challenges of stepping away.
- Ensure both they and their organization flourish in the next chapter.
Rooted in nearly 30 years of hands-on experience with nonprofit leaders, this book blends practical wisdom with research from fields ranging from the neuroscience of change to the science of successful aging.
Available for Kindle and in print from Amazon.com
Chief Executive Transitions: How to Hire and Support a Nonprofit CEO, Second Edition
At some point, nearly every nonprofit board will need to hire a new chief executive. Leadership transitions are complex, but when managed well, they’re an opportunity to strengthen your organization and amplify its mission work.
Chief Executive Transitions breaks the process into six practical tasks, guiding your board from planning for change to successfully onboarding the new leader.
You’ll also get a complete toolkit—timelines, checklists, templates, worksheets, sample documents, and more—to make the process smoother and more effective.
The first edition won the Terry McAdam Book Award. This new edition is even better.