People ask me all the time when they should start doing succession planning. They are generally asking “how many years before the executive retires should they start doing succession planning.” Well, executives don’t always retire from their...
A silver tsunami is hitting our nation! Is it also hitting your organization or board of directors? I’m talking about the aging of our key managers and board members. Do you have a lot of them nearing retirement age? If you don’t now, you may in the near future....
Are you doing board succession planning? In the midst of a pandemic, it may be easy to put some things off, especially when boards and committees aren’t meeting in person. But it is important to plan ahead for director turnover no matter what is going on in the world....
I am a tennis fan. I am also an expert in and passionate about board succession planning. When Serena William’s husband Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit announced that he would be stepping down from his board seat and encouraging the board to replace him with a...
Madison, WI – June 4, 2020 – In this time of remote board meetings, committee meetings, and annual meetings, SUCCESSIONapp, LLC has now made it easier to do board succession planning remotely too. The firm has created a software feature in SUCCESSIONapp® that allows...
Madison, WI – April 24, 2020 – SUCCESSIONapp, LLC has released a brand-new module specifically for management continuity planning during the current coronavirus pandemic. Yvonne Evers, the Founder and CEO of SUCCESSIONapp® said, “Our mission at SUCCESSIONapp® is to...
Madison, WI – December 12, 2019 – SUCCESSIONapp, LLC has added a powerful new feature to its succession planning software platform, that provides a library of sample action steps to make creating development plans for executives even easier. “The most difficult step...
Madison, WI – October 26, 2018 – SUCCESSIONapp, LLC announces an enhancement to its succession planning software platform, SUCCESSIONapp® that ensures smooth transitions in board leadership. “There is a lot of turnover taking place in credit unions right now, not only...
One of your major responsibilities as the board of directors is to ensure that you have an effective CEO in place to run the credit union. The definition of an effective CEO is a topic for another article but what I want to discuss in this article is what to do if...
You’ve been at the organization as the CEO or Executive Director for a number of years and you’re thinking about either retiring or leaving for a new opportunity. What responsibility do you have to prepare the organization for your departure? Do your part to ensure...
