Last week, I heard of yet another charity or association about to hire one full time employee as their only employee, figuring they can only afford one. But usually their budget easily allows for two part-time staff members, and I’ve found there are a lot of benefits to that approach. If the Board hires just … Read more
In Part One, I covered three of the common areas where transitions go wrong: Chaos, Undue Haste and High Emotional Stress. Now let’s continue to issues Four to Six. 4. Role Confusion. Everyone naturally worries who will cover what the Executive Director has been doing. So what might happen? Any or all of these: • … Read more
In my governance work, I have found many board members are poorly prepared for executive transitions. And that means their organizations go through unnecessarily tough transitions, with set-backs in achieving their mission. Ideally, when a CEO or Executive Director is leaving, almost everyone wants the organization to keep functioning well until a new and perhaps … Read more
