Be Careful What You Wish For
Long ago the Nonprofiteer had a client hire her to manage the transition from the founding Executive Director to—well, to whatever future awaited the agency in his absence. It was impressive, actually, that the founder himself was the one who realized first (and persuaded the Board) that transition planning was necessary.
But it turns out that recognizing the need for transition planning is quite a long way from being prepared for actual transition. While the founder was theoretically in favor of Life After Him, in practice he was working to set in stone the practices, policies, goals and programs of Life During Him... (continue reading this blog post)
