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Toolbox
Board Work
“The Best and Worst of Board Chairs,” Nonprofit Quarterly
Effective Board Chair-Executive Director Relationships: Not About Roles! by Mary L. Hiland, Ph.D.
Executive Directors
ED Guide to Financial Leadership - Non Profit Quarterly article. Good for new Executive Directors
Executive Directors Guide: The Guide for Successful Nonprofit Management – By Deborah Linnell, Zora Radosevich and Jonathan Spack
Daring to Lead: Recommendations for Executive Directors.pdf
Guidelines for Hiring/Transition to a New Chief Executive
www.managementhelp.org/boards/ed_xtion.htm#anchor598590
The Executive Director’s Survival Guide: Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader,
Mim Carlson and Margaret Donohoe
‘Developing Your C-Suite,’ Dr. Nancy Atwood and Dr.Terry Bacon,
Lore White Paper
Explores how C-Level executives can use a set of tools and techniques to develop executive talent that can be self-sustaining. www.lorenet.com/email/Developing_Your_C-suite.pdf
Executive Transitions
TransitionGuides: Original and bountiful resource on executive transitions
www.transitionguides.com/
'Goodbye, Hello: A Generation of Executives Reflects on Retirement and the Future of Services for Children and Youth,’ New England Network for Child, Youth and Family Services
www.nenetwork.org/goodbyehello.pdf
'The Nonprofit Sectors Leadership Deficit', The Bridgespan Group
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001310/leadership/rept
‘Tips for Successful Executive Transitions,’ Bill Coy
www.lapiana.org/newsletters/0103.html#article1
ToP Facilitation
The Institute of Cultural Affairs
www.ica-usa.org
Founders
Founders Syndrome
www.managementhelp.org/misc/founders.htm
Founders and Other Gods by Deborah Linnell (download pdf)
Founder Transitions: Creating Good Endings and New Beginnings: A Guide for Executive Directors and Boards.
This guide examines the unique challenges presented by transitions involving founders or long-term executives. It provides clear advice for executives and their boards in confronting the complex issues these transitions present. Founder Transitions.pdf
Succession Planning
CompassPoints’s Emergency Succession Plan template (download pdf)
Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Non-Profits.
This publication presents emergency succession planning tools (an important “risk management” practice). It offers executive directors guidance on when and how to leave an organization, and includes suggestions for boards to assure the sustainability of their organizations. Building Leaderful Organizaitons.pdf
Non-Profit Resources
Creating the Future: Online library filled with practical how-to articles for those seeking tools and techniques to expand your nonprofit results. www.creatingthefuture.org/
