Succession Planning:

Council Documents and Resources for Funders

Succession planning is key to a smooth transition. The Council has developed both a succession plan and an emergency succession plan. If your board would like to consider what your organization would do when faced with either an emergency or planned transition, you can download the plans:

 

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Documents

• Executive Leadership Succession Policy – Adopted by the board in November 2007.

• Leadership Development and Emergency Succession Plan

 

Other Resources

• Center for Nonprofit Management: Emergency Succession Plan Template and Contact Inventory

• Transition Guides

• Report: Executive Director Tenure and Transition in Southern New England