Among its twelve recommendations, this article recommends considering “a purposeful interim leader who can facilitate important transition work.”

We are living in an era dubbed the “Great Resignation,” as millions of people worldwide are quitting their jobs and re-examining their priorities and values in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially pronounced within the nonprofit sector, which has always struggled with high turnover rates. Read more in this article from Inside [...]

When a nonprofit Executive Director/CEO leaves, the Board of Directors often faces the question of whether to bring in an Interim Executive Director. Read more in this article from the Moran Company.

What determines a company’s readiness for navigating a CEO transition? Our proposed answer builds upon prior research on CEO succession, viewed through a novel theoretical lens based on generativity theory and the mindset of the exiting CEO. Read more in this article from Nonprofit Quarterly.

The circumstances surrounding most executive director terminations are often more complicated than they appear. I’ll leave the termination process to the legal experts. Instead, this article by Don Tebbe covers how to put the organization back on track after the inevitable trauma of a termination.

As the country grapples with systemic and structural inequality, nonprofits struggle to play the civic role they should play because they struggle with their own internal unequal systems. Read more in this article from Nonprofit Quarterly.

We are in a moment of seismic change. The fault lines are both generational and demographic. And nearly every organization has been hit by collapsing expectations and flying debris. Read more in the article from Nonprofit Quarterly.