How to Think Differently about
Leadership Transition
Special Section
Spring 2017: Volume 24 Issue 1
Reflections on Executive Leadership
and Transition Data over Fifteen Years
This take-no-prisoners article examines
more than fifteen years of stagnant data on
nonprofit executive transitions and the lack of
progress on such things as the development
of shared leadership, young leadership, and
leadership diversity.
by Jeanne Bell, Paola Cubías, and
Byron Johnson
Blending Succession Planning and
Executive Transition: A Successful Case
This case reflecting a new practice model
discusses in a vibrant and resonant way how
one community-based nonprofit blended
business, strategic, and succession planning to
support an executive transition.
by Tom Adams
Five Insights from Directors
Sharing Power
Can sharing executive leadership really work
in nonprofits? What issues does it answer?
And how do you approach the possibility?
This article takes up these questions
through interviews with leaders of five
progressive community organizations with
shared leadership models, and the resulting
observations and advice speak directly to
organizational relevance and sustainability.
by Jeanne Bell, Paola Cubías, and
Byron Johnson