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Executive Transitions, Equity and Sustainability - with Tom Adams
Executive Transitions, Equity and Sustainability - with Tom Adams
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, we explore the need for investment in healthy executive transitions in the nonprofit workforce. Rusty talks with Tom Adams, a retired (but active) consultant who worked with funders to help establish the practice of “executive transition management” consulting in the nonprofit sector. We discuss issues of racial equity, generational change, building leaderful organizations, and what it means to retire from nonprofit careers.
Show Notes:
Tom’s personal journey in the sector and how he came to focus on executive transitions and creating equity in the system
Business model and framework that was developed over time that focused on founders and long term executives and the biggest barriers faced
Tom’s personal journey of executive transition and into retirement
Current projects making diversity and racial challenges the central focus
Tom's Book, The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide (2010)
And more…
Links Mentioned in Episode:
Tom Adams website and blog
The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide (book by Tom Adams, 2010)
The Evolution of Executive Transition and Allied Practices: A Call for Service Integration (paper by Tom Adams, 2017)
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes (book by William Bridges, 2004)
Show Notes:
Tom’s personal journey in the sector and how he came to focus on executive transitions and creating equity in the system
Business model and framework that was developed over time that focused on founders and long term executives and the biggest barriers faced
Tom’s personal journey of executive transition and into retirement
Current projects making diversity and racial challenges the central focus
Tom's Book, The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide (2010)
And more…
Links Mentioned in Episode:
Tom Adams website and blog
The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide (book by Tom Adams, 2010)
The Evolution of Executive Transition and Allied Practices: A Call for Service Integration (paper by Tom Adams, 2017)
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes (book by William Bridges, 2004)
Released:
Oct 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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