KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL CONFERENCE TARA LEVY
Successful Succession Planning KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Successful Succession Planning KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL CONFERENCE TARA LEVY Session Goals Clarify the necessity of succession planning Understand types of succession planning Prepare to make the case for succession planning and
Session Goals
- Clarify the necessity of succession planning
- Understand types of succession planning
- Prepare to make the case for succession planning and
build a plan for your organization
Your Priorities
- Name
- Organizational role
- What keeps you up at night?
Transition is inevitable.
TYPES OF SUCCESSION PLANNING
- Emergency Succession Planning
- Strategic Leadership Development
- Departure Defined Transition Planning
A part of a healthy diet
SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR ALL
- Professional development for all staff
- Cross-training for all nonprofit staff
- Documentation of key processes
- Incorporate into job descriptions and annual evaluations
ALL MEANS Y’ALL, BOARD MEMBERS
- Board leadership succession (Chair, Past-Chair)
- Treasurer continuity through Finance Committee depth
- Committee service as board training ground
Quick wins
TECHNOLOGY
- Record passwords for ED’s computer and email
- Create a password log with protocols for organization
and individuals
FINANCIALS
- Keep authorized check signers up-to-date
- Is your ED’s salary competitive in your market?
- Develop operational guidelines and document
procedures for key systems
PEOPLE
- Add staff and board phone numbers to your address
book
- Get contact info for 5-10 largest individual donors—and
understand their relationship to the ED and organization
- Ask employees about their career goals
- Update job descriptions as part of the annual evaluation
process
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Additional Resources
Alliance for Nonprofit Management Executive Transitions & Leadership Continuity Group: http://www.allianceonline.org/ Annie E. Casey Executive Transition Series: http://www.aecf.org Executive Transition Initiative: http://www.leadingtransitions.com/pdfs/ETIToolkit_1.pdf Forbes Fund: https://forbesfunds.org/sites/default/files/resource- files/Roadmap_to_Succession_Planning_PowerPoint.pdf Kansas City Federal Reserve (really): https://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/community/Nonprofit-Executive-Succession-Planning- Toolkit.pdf