Nonprofit Leadership Transitions: How to Operationalize Trust-Based Practices
A PROGRAM CO-SPONSORED BY PHILANTHROPY NY, GEO & PHILANTHROPY MA
Recent reports,
including
this
report by the Cricket Island Foundation, show that philanthropy has
not adapted practices which enable nonprofits to successfully navigate
leadership transitions. Funders continue to treat transitions as a crisis
rather than embracing them as a normal part of an organizational life cycle.
This forces most groups to enter periods of transition from a position of
instability. And in this socio-political climate, when organizations are
dealing with an unprecedented amount of external uncertainty, supporting
sustainable leadership transitions is more important than ever.
What does it
actually look like if there's trust? How can funders organize themselves to
shift their behaviors collectively?
Join us for a
conversation with funder-nonprofit pairs to talk about what enabled their
partnerships to navigate nonprofit leadership transitions successfully. This is a session for folks who are searching
for ways to better support their grantee partners going through leadership
transitions.
What will
you learn?
- How
to operationalize a trust-based approach to leadership transitions
- Understanding
of wrap-around supports CEOs and staff need during critical junctures in
preparing for, implementing, and following up after leadership transitions
(e.g., coaching, capacity building, etc.)
- Best
practices for philanthropy in supporting leadership transitions that
center the nonprofit partner
- How
to normalize leadership transitions as part of organizational life cycles
- Recommendations
for funder shifts, what works, and what conditions enable authentic
conversations
Who should
attend?
All interested
members in grantmaking and/or senior leadership roles. What to expect:
presentation, followed by group discussions.
Speakers
- Norayma
Cabot, Chief Executive Officer, A
Place Called Home
- Kadar
Lewis, Program Officer, The
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
- Ericka
Stallings, Co-Executive Director, Leadership
Learning Community
- Trish
Adobea Tchume, Senior Director of Leadership Research and
Practice, Robert
Sterling Clark Foundation
- Liz
Sak (Moderator), Executive Director, Cricket
Island Foundation
NOTE: You will receive a reminder and Zoom link from Philanthropy NY the day before the session.