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The Missing Board Member

by Yvonne Evers | Jan 17, 2022 | Board Performance, Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning

What would you do if a board member consistently misses meetings or isn’t engaging with the board? The missing board member is an issue at many organizations. This has a negative impact on the efficiency of the board. Watch the video above or keep reading below...

The Great Resignation: Be Prepared!

by Yvonne Evers | Jan 3, 2022 | Success Strategies

You may have heard about the great resignation, or what is also being called the big quit. This is the phenomenon of people leaving their jobs, which causes turnover that is completely unexpected within your organization. Watch the video above, or continue reading...

How to Vet Potential Board Members

by Yvonne Evers | Dec 13, 2021 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning

You’ve found several individuals who are interested in learning more about serving on your board of directors. What do you do now? How do you determine if they would be a good fit for your board, and if the organization would be a good fit for them? Watch the video...

Need a New CEO? Promote or Hire Externally?

by Yvonne Evers | Nov 30, 2021 | CEO Succession Planning, Success Strategies

Are you in the process of looking for a new CEO? Or maybe you are considering your decisions for the future when it comes to hiring a new CEO. Well, one of the biggest questions is do you promote your new CEO from within, or do you hire externally? Watch the video...

How to Choose Your Potential Successors

by Yvonne Evers | Nov 15, 2021 | Success Strategies

When you are doing succession planning, one of the steps is to choose individuals who could be potential successors. But how do you know who those individuals are? And should those people know that they are going to be a potential successor? Keep reading or watch the...

Who is Qualified to be the Board Chair?

by Yvonne Evers | Nov 1, 2021 | Board Performance, Board Success Practices, Leadership

How is the board chair selected at your organization? Maybe everybody has to take their turn and it rotates on a yearly basis. Maybe the board chair serves until they no longer want to, and then you select another board chair to lead. No matter the strategy for...

Creating a Development Plan: Are Your Potential Successors Ready for the Job?

by Yvonne Evers | Oct 18, 2021 | CEO Succession Planning, Success Strategies

The most important element of a succession plan is the development plan. A development plan is a way to identify opportunities for your potential successors to grow. They can also develop the skills needed for their critical competencies. Unfortunately, the...

Ten Strategies to Find New Board Members!

by Yvonne Evers | Oct 4, 2021 | Board Succession Planning, Success Strategies

Finding new board members is one of the toughest challenges that a board can have. This is especially true if you are a non-profit or not-for-profit board that doesn’t compensate directors. Some organizations have actually kept board seats open for over a year, and...

A Pop Quiz on CEO Succession Planning!

by Yvonne Evers | Sep 20, 2021 | CEO Succession Planning, Success Strategies

Today I thought I would test your knowledge of CEO Succession Planning with a quick three question pop quiz! You can either take the pop quiz below or watch the video where I go over all of the answers in depth! Here are the questions! Question 1: Approximately...

News: SUCCESSIONapp® Expands Team

by Yvonne Evers | Sep 10, 2021 | SUCCESSIONapp® News

Madison, WI – September 14, 2021 – SUCCESSIONapp, LLC, the leading provider of online CEO and board succession planning solutions in the credit union industry, has expanded its team. “Business is growing significantly because of the emphasis on succession planning due...

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