Insights & Practice
Case Studies
Essays and reflections on leadership transition, executive search, and organizational change — drawn from thirty years of practice at the highest levels of the nonprofit and public sectors.
Flying Monkeys
Nonprofit Quarterly
Flying Monkeys: Organizational Considerations in an Executive Transition
On the hidden tensions that derail leadership transitions — and how honest dialogue in the search process can surface them before they cause damage.
Nonprofit Quarterly
Meet the Enemy: Considerations for Executive Transition
A landmark project recruiting corrections leaders for 18 governors — and the most disappointing outcome of a career, when political power overruled the right choice.
Nonprofit Quarterly
Successful Successions
Three organizations, two searches each — and what the contrast between the first and second search reveals about leadership, governance, and the value of honesty.
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
A Tidal Wave Approaches
A generation of behavioral health leaders is nearing retirement. How one organization built the board capacity, staff trust, and graceful founder engagement to navigate the transition well.
National Governors Association
How to Recruit a Cabinet: A Governor's Guide to Executive Recruiting
A practical guide to building an effective cabinet through rigorous, diagnostic recruiting — and why the “Rolodex fallacy” derails so many otherwise well-intentioned searches.
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