Leadership transitions offer nonprofit boards an opportunity to reflect on how their organization has evolved and what leadership it needs for the next chapter.

Most nonprofit boards eventually face a decision they would rather not make. Not a routine vote about a budget or a new program. Not a discussion about next year’s strategic priorities. A harder decision. Sometimes it involves leadership. Sometimes it involves ending a program that has been part of the organization for years. Occasionally it involves confronting the possibility that the organization itself may need to change course. Boards rarely arrive at these moments sudde