1. Succession Planning: Heres One Crisis You Can Avoid! 2012 AIRS Training and Education Conference Jackie Hall | Pathways Consulting Inc | May 23, 2012

2. Welcome! 1.How valuable an experience do you plan to have? 2.How engaged and active do you plan to be? 3.How invested are you in the quality of the experience of those around you? Individually rate: 1 = very low; 7 = very high Discuss with those around you

3. Learning Objectives Recognize importance to organizational viability Complete succession readiness checklist Understand three methods to develop Know steps in creating a plan Learn about real-life example

4. References/Resources CompassPoint Executive Search & Transition Succession Planning templates, compasspoint.org/et The Annie E. Casey Foundation Executive Transition Monograph Series, aecf.org Chief Executive Succession Planning, Nancy R. Axelrod BoardSource.org

5. Succession Fire Drill What would you need to do? What would you need to know?

6. Its Important… Risk management Resiliency Shared leadership Energizing Generational need

7. OK, if its so important, why do we resist doing it???

8. Succession Planning for Nonprofits Not about heir apparent Not a one-time event Fosters shared vision/strategy Build bench strength Sound infrastructure and transition plan

9. Why Might You Initiate It? New board leadership CEO evaluation Board self-assessment Strategic planning Organizational crisis

10. Organizational Life Cycle

11. How Ready are YOU… for a Smooth Transition?

12. Possible Approaches to Succession Planning Strategic Leadership Development Temporary/Emergency Departure-Defined

13. Steps in Emergency Succession Planning 1.Identify priority functions 2.Decide who should cover 3.Define procedures (short-, long-term) 4.Establish process for acting executive 5.Draft communication plan 6.Implement documentation/cross-training 7.Build in a review process

14. Departure-Defined Additional Considerations Personal and professional issues Establish time frames Build into strategic plan Determine executive search strategy Executive Emeritus role?

15. Case Example Marguerite Redwine Chief Executive Officer New Orleans, Louisiana

16. Emergency Succession Plan Challenges Successes Lessons Learned

17. Departure-Defined Succession Plan Challenges Successes Lessons Learned

18. Action Planning Use Readiness Checklist Identify Critical Gaps Information and Contact Inventory Begin the Conversation: Get Started!

19. Questions? Takeaways?