Building Leaderful Organizations: A Facilitated Discussion of Best Practices in Succession Planning, Talent Management and Leader Development for Executives of Large Nonprofits

OFF-SITE at the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
1250 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington DC 20036

Presenter: Tom Adams

Leader transition is inevitable. Larger nonprofit organizations rely on a team of leaders - managers and board leaders - to achieve mission results. Most organizations pay some attention to leader development and leader transitions. Time and money constraints often limit this attention and as a result limit the capacity and sustainability of the organization. This practical session for executives and senior managers of larger nonprofit organizations (budgets over $1-2 million) offers proven paths that other nonprofit leaders of similar organizations have taken to increase attention to leader development and leader transitions.

This round table discussion will include a short presentation and group discussion of best practices in nonprofit succession planning, talent management as adapted from the for profit sector, and leader development. The session will conclude with a discussion of leader self-care and options for next actions by participating executives. This session will draw from Tom's book, The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide, published by Jossey-Bass/Wiley in April, 2010. To find out more about Tom, The Nonprofit Leadership Guide and TransitionGuides, visit www.transitionguides.com or listen to Tom's recent podcast interview with Foundation Center DC director, Patricia Pasqual.