Losing Your Executive Director Without Losing Your Way: The Nonprofits Guide to Executive Turnover

THE STEP–BY–STEP GUIDE for Making a Successful Transition When Your Executive Director Leaves
Carol Weisman and Richard I. Goldbaum–experts in the field of governance–give your nonprofit organization the down–to–earth information and tools needed to make a smooth and successful transition when your Executive Director leaves. The book outlines a seven–step program your Board can use to make an optimal transition that will ensure the continued success of your organization.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
The Authors.
Introduction: The Seven Components of Successful Transition Management.
1. Why Executive Directors Leave.
2. Preparing for Executive Transition.
3. Understanding and Managing the Phenomenon of Change.
4. Responding to Executive Transition.
5. Appointing an Interim Executive Director.
6. Recruiting and Screening the New Executive Director.
7. Negotiating, Hiring, and Orienting.
8. The Ingredients of a Successful Board–Executive Director Relationship.
Resource A: Example of an Executive Search Agreement.
Resource B: Example of an Executive Search Guarantee.
References and Other Resources.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Carol Weisman–international speaker, author, trainer, and consultant–is President of Board Builders Inc. She specializes in governance, fundraising, and volunteerism. She is the author of numerous books, including Secrets of Successful Fundraising, which was the first nonprofit–related book to be selected by the Book of the Month Club. She has served on twenty–eight Boards and has been President of seven.
Richard I. Goldbaum is a principal of Transitions In Leadership, LLC, a management consulting firm providing services for planning and implementing leadership and organizational change. He has twenty–five years of experience as an Executive Director of nonprofit organizations a nd seven years of consulting experience in executive transition management.

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THE STEP–BY–STEP GUIDE for Making a Successful Transition When Your Executive Director Leaves
Carol Weisman and Richard I. Goldbaum–experts in the field of governance–give your nonprofit organization the down–to–earth information and tools needed to make a smooth and successful transition when your Executive Director leaves. The book outlines a seven–step program your Board can use to make an optimal transition that will ensure the continued success of your organization.