A sudden disruption of leadership can place your mission, and even your organization, at risk. But leadership transitions also provide opportunities for growth if your organization cultivates and supports the human capital it needs for the future. This session can help your team do just that.

Third Sector Company has offered one of the most comprehensive leadership continuity and succession planning programs in the country since 2002. For our Canadian customers, please visit this page to register.

What to Expect
“Creating Leadership Continuity” is a 90-minute interactive online workshop that will:

Frame succession planning as essential to your organization’s long-term sustainability
Outline the essential components of an effective succession plan
Present five options for beginning your organization’s leadership continuity work
Provide specific tools and resources to support that work

Audience
This session is intended for executive directors, senior staff, and board members and officers. Funders and others interested in supporting effective leadership transition also would benefit. Please note that this Zoom meeting may be recorded for later use, which means your image, voice and chat entries during the meeting may be recorded as well.

Learning Outcomes
After completing this session, you will be prepared to:

Understand and discuss the critical need for succession planning in your organization
Know the essential components of an effective succession plan
Assess your organization’s leadership continuity landscape
Facilitate generative discussions within your organization about leadership continuity
Manage unexpected leadership transitions
Facilitate your board’s adoption of key policies and practices related to leadership succession
Discuss using basic HR practices to support talent succession
Use your organization’s strategic plan to advance leadership continuity

As noted above, this Zoom meeting may be recorded for later use, which means your image, voice and chat entries during the meeting may be recorded as well.

Third Sector Company, Inc. is committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, equity, and access as foundational to its programs. We acknowledge and honor the fundamental value and dignity of all people; and we pledge our individual and organizational efforts to build respect, dignity, caring, and equitable treatment for all. As an organization, we are committed to transforming the world into one that promotes social justice and freedom from oppression, including but not limited to, racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ageism, and ableism. Thus, we aim to be adaptable, actively anti-racist, embracing cultural differences, and to be accessible for people who are differently resourced and differently abled. Since we do not want financial hardship to be a barrier to participation, there are several seats reserved in each of our fee-based programs for confidentially awarded scholarships. We encourage those from historically underserved communities to apply.

Succession Planning Workshop: Creating Leadership Continuity