Description

Keeping the staff you have while also preparing them for future roles can be critical to a nonprofit’s success. This session provides a well-rounded approach to retention and succession of your organization’s most valuable asset – your people! Attendees will learn how to transparently define career paths linked to competencies and professional development, measure your progress, and appropriately define the role of the board in this work. This session is designed for organizational leaders.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a retention strategy that fosters equity, supports professional development, and defines clear career paths for staff.
• Learn how to measure and track progress in staff retention and succession planning to ensure long-term organizational success.
• Understand the board’s role in supporting and guiding retention and succession efforts to align with the organization’s mission and values.

Cost: $102 Members, $204 Non-Members

*If you are part of either the in-person or virtual 2025 Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership cohort, this workshop may be used to fulfill your Infrastructure elective requirement.

Instructors:

Julia Burns

Julia began consulting in the early ‘90s with the design of outsourced training programs, went on to become the Management Consulting practice lead for Blackwell Consulting Services in Chicago, and began consulting in Jacksonville, FL in 1999 where she’s concentrated her work on nonprofit organizations. Julia is the author of How To Plan And Execute An Emergency Succession published on Blue Avocado. She is an active volunteer facilitator of racial equity conversations and a board member with 904WARD. Julia holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Laurie Price

Having served as in nonprofit CEO roles for more than 20 years, Laurie began consulting in 2014. Her recent work with nonprofits has included interim CEO, strategic planning, board development, leadership succession, and employee coaching. She also provides support to foundations' grant making processes. Laurie participates in Leadership Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Women’s Network and is a Community Coach with the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida.