Succession Planning
Planning for Leadership Transition
American Alliance of Museums
Elizabeth Varner provides information and a list of additional resources.
A Governance Framework for Leadership Succession Planning
Arts Insights
The Arts Consulting Group and Arts Insights provide this handy framework for planning for leadership transitions.
What Now?
Bayor Center for Nonprofit Management
This handy guide asks “How will the impending retirement of nonprofit leaders change the sector?” with a section of questions and answers this tool helps nonprofit leaders at all levels understand the necessity in planning for transitions – specifically in retirement.
Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes
Board Café
Board Café encourages nonprofits to set the stage for a strong transition by developing a succession plan.
Thriving as a Board Chair
CompassPoint
The experts at CompassPoint provide this 24 page PDF to help board chairs learn from their peers in the non-profit arena and plan for their successor.
Succession Planning for Nonprofits – Managing Leadership Transitions
National Council of Nonprofits
The National Council of Nonprofits provides ten planning tips for a leadership transition.
Making Founder Successions Work
Standford Social Innovation Review Blog
After an extensive, in-depth, quantitative study about founder transitions, The Safe Passage Project, was able to glean useful information about how keeping a founder involved and engaged might actually provide some tangible benefit to nonprofits.