Succession Planning

ACCE Resources

• CEO Hiring Toolkit
• Urgent/Emergency Succession Planning: A No-Nonsense Guide from ACCE (2009) - Available in the ACCE bookstore ($20 for members, $30 for non-members)
• Ask HERO: About Succession Planning - by Sarah Melby, HERO Team, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2017)

More Toolkits & Papers

• Nonprofit Executive Succession Planning Toolkit - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2011)
• Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits - Report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation (2008)

Succession Planning Samples

• Succession and Development Planning Summary - Anytown Chamber of Commerce
• President/CEO Succession Policy and Plan - Billings Chamber of Commerce (Mont.)
• Succession Plan - Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce (Wis.)
• Anatomy of a Succession Plan, Emergency Succession Plan Template, Sample Succession Plan and Succession Plans Samples Kit - Robert C. Harris Nonprofit Center
• Succession Plan Policy - Shawnee Chamber of Commerce (Kan.)
• CEO Succession Plan - Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce (N.J.)
• See more Succession Plan examples in ACCE's Samples Library

Articles

• The Biggest List of Tips For Smooth Succession Planning - A thorough list of succession points to consider. (12/5/2016)
• A CEO’s Personality Can Undermine Succession Planning - Article by Ben Dattner and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Harvard Business Review, demonstrates how knowing the personality traits of a departing C-Suite leader can enable more productive succession planning. (9/15/2016)
• Why Every Organization Needs an Executive Director Transition Plan - by Sonia J. Stamm, Board Effect (8/7/2016)
• Leadership Transition: Bridging the Gap - by Joe Rominiecki, Associations Now (8/1/2016)
• Five Steps for Successful Succession Planning - by Andre Mamprin, ASAE (1/4/2016)
• Succession Planning and Executive Transition: An Annotated Bibliography - by Frank Martinelli, LinkedIn Pulse (12/28/2015)
• Don't Leave Succession Planning to Chance - This SHRM article offers practical steps to turn succession planning from an imprecise art into a science. (11/5/2015)
• Planning for a Successful Succession - by Tania Kohut, Chamber Executive magazine archive (Winter 2007)
• Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes - Blue Avocado
• Succession Planning for Nonprofits - Resource guide from the National Council of Nonprofits

Books

• Developing Leadership Talent - SHRM Foundation (chapter on succession management)

Presentations

• Succession Planning - SHRM (download the PPT for great tips)
• CEO Succession Planning - Presentation by David Larcker, Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance, and Stephen Miles, Heidrick & Struggles

Related Chamberpedia Topics

• Hiring and Assessing CEOs
• See the example for New Chamber CEO Fast Start Kit: Your First 90 Days - Colorado Chamber of Commerce Executives

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Last Updated: 7/12/2018