Sample for Practice 7D: Succession Planning - Six Things You Can Do Right Now

This includes emergency succession planning from Third Sector New England.

This guidance covers Practice 7D: Transition Planning.

Whether by choice or circumstance, staff leaders will transition, and board members will come and go. What happens when a longtime executive director begins to think about retiring? Join Megan Motil of Parallel Solutions to explore ways you can navigate planned and emergency leadership succession.

What happens if those with critical leadership roles unexpectedly or suddenly depart? Is your organization ready to adapt?  This short course includes three 90-minute interactive training sessions and one facilitated wrap-up discussion.  

Founders don’t stick around forever—and nor should they. Organizations change, and so do the skill sets they need to advance. This essay series provides a real-world look at the founder succession process through the eyes of people who have lived it.

This is a charter and timeline for the strategic planning process from the accredited Mass Audubon.