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In Nonprofit Sector, Transition at the Top (PDF) by Stan Hinden. In this February 23, 2003 article, Washington Post columnist Stan Hinden profiles some of the leadership transition challenges and issues that are facing a growing number of nonprofits.
Getting the Basics Right: Grantmakers seek effective ways to improve charities' operations by Stephen G. Greene. This article appeared in the May 3, 2001 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. A growing number of foundations are trying to become more effective at improving the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Most foundations still prefer to underwrite a charity's services or programs. But many grant makers have also been trying to ensure that the nonprofit organizations that run those programs become more stable and successful as well.
Boards and CEO Succession, by Ralph Ward, Copyright © 1999 Ralph Ward's BoardroomINSIDER. Despite talk of "imperial CEOs," the average tenure for chief executives has steadily shrunk over the past decade. This trend, combined with the proven dangers of leadership failure, has made CEO succession issues a high priority for all boards, both corporate and nonprofit.
Letting Go by Christopher Caggiano. Celestial Seasonings founder Mo Siegel explains why he decided to hire someone else to run the company. He describes his 22 years as a CEO and reveals how he found a worthy successor.
How To Lower The Risk In CEO Succession by Ram Charan. Ever since the board of General Motors ousted CEO Robert Stempel in 1992, boards of directors have been more willing to act when a CEO falters. The demands on CEOs are ever increasing, and with the pace of change accelerating, errors in strategy or execution are more frequent and more visible. Impatient investors demand action when a sustained, deep drop in stock price goes unaddressed by management. Thus, a growing number of boards find themselves having to choose a new CEO -- often with little firsthand experience, increasingly in the midst of company turmoil, and sometimes on the heels of a previous bad hire.
The Founding Parent Syndrome: Governing in the CEO's Shadow by John Carver. Appeared in Nonprofit World, Sep/Oct 1992. Members of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations have access to the article. Non-members can be purchase the article from Nonprofit World.
Founder's Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer -- and Can Recover by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD. Links to series of short articles useful to founders of nonprofit organizations.
Toward an Understanding of Founders’ Syndrome: An Assessment of Power and Privilege Among Founders of Nonprofit Organizations. Contact Stephen R. Block, executive director, Denver Options Inc. and Nonprofit Concentration Director, University of Colorado at Denver, 5250 Leetsdale Drive, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80246 for more information.
TheManager.org has several articles on succession planning, including: 10 Steps to Effective Succession Planning; Avoiding Pitfalls in CEO Succession; Business Succession Planning Options; CEO-Succession; Improving Succession Planning Results and more.
The Summer 2000 edition of Popular Government includes and article, "Hiring a Director for a Nonprofit Agency: A Step-by-Step Guide" by Kurt Jenne and Margaret Henderson (PDF file the requires Adobe Acrobat).
The Harvard Business Review often has interesting articles on executive transitions and succession in the business world.
Charitable Giving: What Happens When the Boss Moves On by Betsy Nelson. This article appeared in the October 27, 2006 issue of the Daily Record. More organizations are building awareness around the importance of Succession planning. Many organizations have found success through succession planning and their organizations have maintained their stability and sustainability.
Article in Nonprofit Quarterly Spring 2007 issue
by
Karen Gaskins Jones:
"Preparing
an Organization to Sustain Capable Leadership"
The January 12, 2006 edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy features a series of articles on executive transition:
Planning Successful Successions
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