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9780470481226

The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide Proven Paths for Leaders and Organizations

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    9780470481226

  • ISBN10:

    0470481226

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-04-12
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Filled with theory, tools, and steps needed, this book will help plan for successful leadership transitions in nonprofit organizations. In this groundbreaking guidebook, the author distills years of experience studying leadership transitions and working with and training over 200 nonprofit organizations. It shows how to install policies to deal with emergencies, to plan for the future, and to grow leaders on the staff-both loyal lieutenants as well as potential executives-in-waiting. The book brings together the author's knowledge, research, and hands-on experience in a single volume.

Author Biography

Tom Adams is a national thought leader, speaker, and trainer as well as president and cofounder of TransitionGuides, a consulting and educational services company based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Adams has published extensively, including articles in the Nonprofit Quarterly and the Stanford Journal for Social Innovation. For more information on TransitionGuides, visit www.transitionguides.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Author
The Leader's Way: An Introduction
Our Leadership Challenges
The Leaderful Organization
The Leader Transition Opportunity
The Leader Development Opportunity
How This Book Is Organized
How to Use This Book
Conclusion: Join the Campaign
Reflection Questions
Managing the Power of Emotions
Transitions and Emotions
Handling Individual and Group Emotional Responses
Conclusion: Emotional Awareness Opens Options
Reflection Questions
Founders and Founder Transitions
Understanding the Founder
How Founders Can Build Leaderful Organizations
Preparing the Organization for Founder Succession
Following the Founder
Conclusion: Founder Transition Success
Reflection Questions
Seeking Diversity Through Leader Development
Building Racial Diversity in Leadership
Generational Diversity
Conclusion: Meeting the Diversity Challenge
Reflection Questions
Executive Transition Management
Key Transition Decisions
The Executive Transition Process
The Prepare Phase
The Pivot Phase
The Thrive Phase
Conclusion: Leader Development Through ETM
Reflection Questions
Getting Started on Succession Planning
Preparing for Succession Planning
Create an Emergency Backup Plan
Develop and Adopt a Succession Policy
Conclusion: Gentle Paths to Succession Planning
Reflection Questions
Departure-Defined Succession Planning
Four Phases of Planning
Conclusion: Advancing the Leaderful Organization
Reflection Questions
Leader Development and Talent Management
Examples of Leader Development and Talent Management
Leader Development-Personal Commitment and Actions
Becoming More Leaderful: Paths to Leader Development and Talent Management
Talent Management
Launching a Talent Management Program
Conclusion: A Critical Leadership Strategy
Reflection Questions
Many Paths to a Leaderful Organization
Promising Practices
Many Paths, Many Champions
Enjoy the Leader's Way-and Grow the Campaign
Appendixes
Executive Transition Management Tools and Worksheets. Executive Transition Management Process Overview
The Interim Executive Advantage: An Overview of the Benefits
Where to Find an Interim Executive
Sample Transition Timeline
Sample Chief Executive Ninety-Day Entry Plan
Finding and Choosing a Consultant
When to Use and How to Find a Consultant
Succession Planning Tools and Samples
Sustainability Audit
Sustainability Audit Questions (Executive Transition Management Focused)
Leader Development and Talent Management Tools and Samples
Examples of Leader Development Learning Opportunities
Talent Management Tools
Helpful Inventories
Leader's Personal and Professional Inventory
Questions about the Organization
Diversity Inventory
The Leader's Emotional Check-in Barometer
Action Planning Notes and Commitments
Notes
Resources
Index
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