Use Succession Management to Energize Leadership Development
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- Click here for the Succession Management DIY Toolkit
- Click here for the Talent Review Facilitation Guide
Suggested Supplemental Readings
- Cohn, Jeff, Rakesh Khurana, and Laura Reeves. “Growing Talent As If Your Business Depended on It.” Harvard Business Review 83, no. 10 (October 2005).
- Jhana Education. “Question the ‘old halos’ you’ve created for your direct reports.”
- Jhana Education. “The halo effect: A devil of a problem for managers.”
- Landles-Cobb, Libbie, Kramer, Kirk and Katie Smith Milway. “The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit.” Stanford Social Innovation Review (October 2015).
- Shepard, James W. Jr. “Succeeding With Succession.” The Bridgespan Group.
- Simms, David. “More Organizations Need to Look Within for Tomorrow’s Leaders.” Chronicle of Philanthropy (June 2010).
Use Succession Management to Energize Leadership Development
Original Airdate: January 24th, 2017
Time: 1-2pm ET / 10-11am PT
Speakers: Rich Berlin, Executive Director, Harlem RBI and Mike Markovits, Partner, AchieveMission
Speakers
Rich Berlin
Executive Director,
Harlem RBI
Mike Markovits
Partner,
AchieveMission
This webinar will explore how to:
- Learn when and how to build a pipeline of internal and external candidates for key roles
- Use succession pipelines to energize leadership development
- Communicate the meaning and purpose of succession planning to key stakeholders
- Identify, understand, and get around the common obstacles to succession planning
This webinar is ideal for:
- Executive Directors
- Presidents and CEOs
- Deputy Directors
- Chief Operating Officers
- Board Members
- Program Officers
Succession plans are simultaneously named by nonprofit leaders as one of their highest priorities, in place at few organizations, and widely misunderstood. Done well, succession plans can turbocharge development plans and leadership development, decrease the costs and risks of leadership turnover, and foster a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization.