Nonprofit leadership is entering a time when a mixture of events is causing a deficit. Baby boomer leaders are retiring, the number of nonprofit organizations is increasing, and, although nonprofit management is a growing career path, approximately 60,000 new leaders will be needed each year for the next 15 years. These national trends are mirroring what is happening here in the Northeast Ohio region.

The Center for Nonprofit Policy & Practice has developed three programs to address the leadership deficit, from an individual perspective as well as organizational.

For more information contact Stuart Mendel at (216)687-6908, or s.mendel@csuohio.edu

The Leadership Institute for Organizationl Change works to create adaptive organizations that study and learn from their own experiences and that of other organizations' experiences.

• Organizational Administration
• Program Planning
• Program Evaluation
• Organizational Assessment
• Budget and Finance Planning
• Technology Assessment
• Marketing Plans
• Internal and External Board Relationships and Roles
• Creating and Fostering an Ethical Organizational
• Organizational Values and Implementation

Roles:

• Creating and Fostering an Ethical Organization
• Organizational Values and Implementation

Change teams consisting of key staff and board members will develop an emergency and longterm succession plan for their organization during three all-day retreats held over a six-month period.

These small cohorts, of no more than eight organizations, will receive up to twenty hours of oneon- one consulting that addresses issues of board development and human resource strategic management.

The retreats will cover:

• An overview of succession planning
• Understanding your organization in terms of succession planning
• Strategic human resources
• Visioning a new organization
• Employee development and individual training needs
• Developing a communication plan

Experienced executive directors are placed in organizations that, for a variety of reasons, do not have an executive director. The organization participates in a self-assessment, financial overview and board visioning to focus on the desired competencies in a permanent executive director.

Services provided include:

• Matching of an Interim with experience in the specific issues facing your organization
• Transition and change management support for staff
• Work culture climate assessment
• Bi-weekly updates on organizational decisions and challenges
• Facilitated board retreats
• Executive search support services

Download an application for the Interim Executive Director Program (PDF).

This highly confidential one-day workshop was developed for executive directors contemplating transitioning out of their position within five years. The format is group discussion and selfassessment and addresses the issues of:

• Career and life stages
• Making the decision to leave
• Responsibilities as the leader of an organization
• The process of change
• Creating a legacy
• Next steps
• Letting go