Next Steps Workshops

Tools, ideas and services to strengthen organizations during leadership change

Events

Events

Leadership Succession
Planning & Executive
Transition Clinics

Succession Planning for Founders

Long-Term Executives

Next Steps workshops are designed for founders or long-term executives of nonprofit organizations planning to leave their position in the next 1-6 years. They provide:

Lessons and best practices from 10 years of practice and research in succession planning and leadership transitions.
An opportunity to hear from and network with executives who are actively involved in leadership succession and/or transition planning.
Techniques for managing succession and transition in ways that enhance agency capacity...whether departure is 12 months or 6 years away.
A confidential place to reflect and discuss specific succession and transition concerns with peers and resource consultants.

A Next Steps workshop takes place over two days and includes:

An overview of succession and transition planning processes;
Mini working sessions that address tailoring your role through a transition, organizational assessment, succession planning, and building organizational capacity and sustainability.
Panel presentations including executives who have made successful transitions.
Small and large group discussions that enable participants to discuss issues related to their particular succession and transition challenges.

Costs and Registration:*

Registration fee includes continental breakfasts, lunches & materials.

Pre-Registration $425
Early Registration $475
Registration - $525

*Scholarships and travel assistance are available to selected Annie E. Casey Foundation Grantees.

Cancellation Policy

A full refund within 30 days of the workshop, minus a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds one week prior to workshop. Registration may be applied to a future workshop held within one year.

What past participants say about the Next Steps workshop:

"The Next Steps workshop helped me to think about how to sustain our organization and prepare for future leadership succession planning changes."

Sandy Dang, Executive Director, Asian American LEAD

“I didn’t want our Board or staff to get the idea that I was ready to leave. But the workshop helped me think about how to prepare the organization over a number of years for a transition that will come eventually.”

Betsy Johnson, Executive Director, Washington Council of Agencies

“Stepping down from a nonprofit organization that I helped build from the ground up was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Attending the Next Steps Workshop helped me gain perspectives from other founding and long-term directors and gave me ideas of how to continue to help the organization through the executive transition, how to take a step back and let the organization run without my control, and how best to support future efforts.”

Jennifer Feit Korczakowski, Formerly Founding Director, Village Learning Place, Inc., Baltimore MD

“Nothing lasts forever, not even your labor of love. This Workshop helped me to put this into perspective in an environment with professionals that were nurturing and supportive.” Robert Jackson, Executive Director, Quitman County Development Organization, Marks, MS

“I haven’t yet decided as to the schedule for my leaving but the Next Steps program has been invaluable for helping me take the early and long term steps to prepare EBALDC for my leaving by strengthening our next level of management.”

Lynette Lee, Executive Director, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland, CA

“Being both a long-term executive (31 years) and a founder, I found the Next Steps Workshop very helpful... For me, “taking care of myself” and focusing on where I was helped me to then focus on the process and challenges. [After the workshop] I was able to help two executives in my local community who were “blocking” on dealing with the dynamics involved.”

Robert McMahon, Founding Executive Director, St. Christopher Ottillie; SCO Family of Services, Glen Cove, NY

“The Next Steps workshop was a transformational and life-altering experience for me. As a result of this workshop, I requested & got a 2-1/2 month paid sabbatical. And I recommend that I have many productive years left here. I am much better prepared for my eventual decision to retire.”

Esther Newman, Executive Director, Leadership Montgomery, MD

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