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Standard A6: Succession planning - most senior staff person

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A succession plan sets out how potential departures of key personnel would be dealt with in the short-term and long-term through internal or external candidates.

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20 questions que les administrateurs devraient poser sur la relève du chef de la direction

Disponible aussi en anglais sous le titre: 20 questions directors should ask about CEO succession Questions : Quels facteurs liés à la relève devrionsnous surveiller? Sommes-nous, en tant que membres du conseil, responsables de la surveillance de la formation des candidats internes à la...

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Building leaderful organizations : succession planning for nonprofits

This paper has two primary goals. First, it seeks to continue detoxifying the topic of nonprofit succession planning so that executives, boards, staff, and funders can take up these activities without unnecessary fear or concern. Second, it hopes to provide nonprofit boards and executive directors...

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20 questions directors should ask about CEO succession

Also available in French under title: 20 questions que les administrateurs devraient poser sur la relève du chef de la direction Table of contents : What succession-related factors should be on our radar? Are we, as the board, responsible for overseeing the development of internal CEO...

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Sustaining Great Leadership: Succession Planning for Nonprofit Organizations

Part of the "Ten things every board member needs to know" series.

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Departure-Defined Succession Planning: The Seven Essential Elements for a Successful CEO Transition

“Departure-Defined Succession Planning” opens with anecdotes from California health clinics that ran into difficulties with their CEO departures. The paper then describes seven practices that clinics should undertake to avoid transition problems and ensure a smooth hand-off to a well-...

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Succession Planning Made Easy

Imagine Canada Blog Post. January 11, 2016. Written by Jamie Niessen.

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Webinar: Succession Planning - Let's Start the Conversation

Webinar Video produced by Community Foundations of Canada. Agenda: i. Why a Succession Plan is important ii. Roles in Succession Planning iii. How and Where to Start

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Emergency Executive Director succession

Sample Executive Director or Operational policy to be adapted for use in charitable and nonprofit organizations. Applicable to board governance standards and HR standards.

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Standard A6: Succession planning - most senior staff person