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Responsibility Overview: Board/Executive Director and Employees
This chart is designed as a simplified reference tool to distinguish different levels of responsibility for board and executive director/employees…
Board Chair & Executive Director Partnership Check-up
This Vantage Point resource, inspired by the findings of Mary Hiland’s 2008 article, The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship, provides a st…
Executive Director Recruitment and Transition
This template outlines the key steps in the succession planning process, and provides a structure to gather input from key stakeholders. In additio…
Organizational Contingency Inventory
The contingency inventory is essential to the transfer of key knowledge in your organization. Use this tool to improve your organization’s institut…
Steps to Organization-Wide Succession Planning
Organizations often create a succession plan outlining the process for retaining, developing, and/or replacing position within the organization. Us…
Stretch Assignments
These assignments can be a powerful, but often overlooked type of leadership development opportunity. They involve taking on new projects or tempor…
90-Day Leadership Action Plan
This action plan has three components. The first step is developmental and happens before you begin executing your plan. You begin by articulating…
Goleman’s Leadership Styles
“What are the six styles of leadership? None will shock workplace veterans. Indeed, each style, by name and brief description alone, will likely re…
Executive Director Position Description Toolkit.
Use this template as a building block to create a job description that encapsulates your organization’s mission, future priorities, and desired lea…