Executive Transitions

NPQ’s reader on nonprofit executive transitions includes almost a decade’s worth of well-researched, insightful, and helpful articles on what can be a difficult and risky moment for many organizations. The sector has been blessed with a small but talented group of thinkers on this topic and most of them are published here.

NPQ’s Reader on Nonprofit Executive Transitions by Deborah Linnell

Boards and Leadership Hires: How to Get It Right by Tom Adams

Departing? Arriving? Surviving and Thriving: Lessons for Executives by Ted Ford Webb

Flying Monkeys: Organizational Considerations in an Executive Transition by Adams, Herman, Wolfred

Exit Agreements for Nonprofit CEOs: A Guide for Boards and Executives by Karen Gaskins Jones

Preparing an Organization to Sustain Capable Leadership by Thomas Gilmore

The Importance of Linking Leadership Succession, Strategy, and Governance by Elizabeth Schmidt

Rediagnosing “Founder’s Syndrome”: Moving Beyond Stereotypes to Improve Nonprofit Performance by Deborah Linnell

Founders and Other Gods by Mark Leach

A Table for Two: Founders and Successors in the Same Shop?