CAPACITY BUILDING & TRANSITION PLANNING
Useful Articles, Publications, Organizations & Toolkits
Please browse this curated list of resources to assist nonprofit organizations. Resource sections: Succession Planning and Leadership Transitions, Articles by Mindy Lubar Price, Performance Evaluations and Compensation, and Strategy Management and Leadership.
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Succession Planning and Leadership Transitions
Recruitment Marketing: Expert Ideas for Talent Teams, By Jacalyn Beales, Posted by Lever
Emergency Succession Plan (Executive Director), By CompassPoint
Candidate Experience: A Must-Track Recruiting Metric, By Center for Nonprofit Advancement
Considerations for Emergency CEO successions, Posted By Heidrick & Struggles
Meeting the Need: Building the Capacity of Community-Based Organizations, Posted By Building Movement Project
Don’t Wait to Prepare for an Emergency Succession, Posted By Harvard Law, By James M. Citrin, Cassandra Frangos, and Melissa Stone, Spencer Stuart
The Great Attrition is Making Hiring Harder. Are You Searching the Right Talent Pools?, By Aaron De Smet, Bonnie Dowling, Bryan Hancock, and Bill Schaninger
How to Plan and Execute an Emergency Succession, By Julia Burns
The Five Stages of Founder Transitions, By Celine Coggins
Emergency Succession Plan, By Center for Nonprofit Advancement
Making Founder Successions Work, By Jari Tuomala, Donald Yeh & Katie Smith Milway
Exit Planning for Retiring Nonprofit CEOs, By Board Source
Succeeding with Succession from The Bridgespan Group
The Evolution of
Executive Transition
and Allied Practices, Tom Adams, Director at Raffa, P.C.
After the Handshake, By Dan Ciampa
Gearing Up and (Teaming Up) for a Leadership Transition, By Susan M. Poglinco, PhD and Priscilla Rosenwald, MS, Blue Avocado
Transition Plan Template for Executive Directors, Joan Garry
Founder-to-CEO Transitions: Making It Work When the Founder Stays On, The Bridgespan Group
Succession Planning: The Key to Long-Term Leadership Success from Open Hands
Finding the Right Development Officer for Your Organization, By Simone Joyaux on Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit Leader’s Guide to Hiring & Engaging Consultants, Published by The Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
Articles by Mindy Lubar Price
Portal Visitors: Guest column by Mindy Lubar Price posted on the Nonprofit Portal of Greater Milwaukee in response to questions concerning finding job listings in the nonprofit sector.
Fund Development: Mindy Lubar Price co-authored with CPA Dan Brophey on energizing fund development.
Succession Planning and Sustainability in Nonprofit Organizations, By Mindy Lubar Price
Emergency Succession Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, By Mindy Lubar Price
Performance Evaluations and Compensation
What Should a Nonprofit Pay Its Chief Executive?, By Boardable
How to Conduct a Chief Executive Performance Assessment in 10 Steps, Posted by BoardSource
Nonprofit Executive Compensation, By Greg McRay
CEO Compensation Packages for Nonprofit Boards, By Lena Eisenstein
Nonprofit CEO Evaluations: 5 Best Practices, By Boardable
Executive Evaluation and Compensation, By Board Source
Conducting Executive Director Performance Evaluations, Posted by Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
How to do an Executive Director Performance Evaluation, By Jeremy Barlow
Executive Evaluation and Compensation, Posted by BoardSource
Nonprofit Executive Pay and the Sensitivities of Communities, By Jeanne Allen and Ruth McCambridge on Nonprofit Quarterly
Evaluating the Executive Director, From CompassPoint’s Building Successful Boards seminar
How Much to Pay the Executive Director?, By Jan Masaoka, blue avocado
Strategy, Management & Leading
Nonprofit Strategy and Management Resources, By The Bridgespan Group
Nonprofit Workforce Shortages: A Crisis That Affects Everyone, Posted By National Council of Nonprofits
Nonprofit Leadership Development Toolkit, By Boardable
101 Unique Employee Benefit Ideas to Attract and Retain Top Talent, By Gympass Editorial Team
Conduct More Effective Nonprofit CEO Reviews, By Nonprofit Leadership Center
Meeting the Need: Building the Capacity of Community-Based Organizations, Posted By Building Movement Project
Board Leader Development &
Succession Toolkit, Frank Martinelli, Center for Public Skills Training
3 Easy Ways to Tell Whether You’re a Good Boss, By Marcel Schwantes, Inc.
Two Ways to Align Talent Development with Your Equity Goals, By Meera Chary
Elevating Pool Governance Through Inclusivity, By Dr. Robin Stacia, AGRiP Inclusion Resident
What is Movement Capacity Building for Nonprofit Organizations?, By Building Movement Project
Four Mistakes Nonprofits Make When Using Competencies in Talent Management, By Kirk Kramer, Barbara Christiansen
9 Habits Of Highly Emotionally Intelligent People, Dr. Travis Bradberry, The Huffington Post
Why Nonprofits Must Innovate, By Amy Hsuan, Adam Katz, Brenda Thickett, and Mark Freedman
Organizational Change Management Guide for Developing Innovators & Leaders, Posted by Maryville University
Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A Missed Philanthropic Opportunity, By Niki Jagpol and Ryan Schlegel, National Committee for Responsive Technology, 2016
Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report 2016, by Concord Leadership Group
Fundraising Bright Spots: Strategies and Inspiration from Social Change Organizations Raising Money from Individual Donors, By Jeanne Bell and Kim Klein, Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Create a Culture of Philanthropy?, By Cynthia M. Gibson, Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Leadership Guide- Building and Sustaining Leader-Full Organizations! by Transition Guides. July 2008
The Nonprofit Workforce Crisis: Real or Imagined? by Lester M. Salamon and Stephanie Lessans Geller, Johns Hopkins University, 2007
