Selecting Your Nonprofit CEO: A Board’s Step-by-Step Guide

Описание: Hiring your one employee—the CEO/Executive Director—is a million-dollar decision. In this session from the Better Boards. Better Communities. Signature Program, Ken Haycock walks boards through a rigorous, research-based search process that minimizes risk and maximizes fit.

You’ll learn how to:

-Clarify roles of the board, chair, and search committee
-Decide whether to engage a search firm (and what to require if you do)
-Build a position & community profile aligned to strategy (not just a job description)
-Review compensation & legal considerations (must/should vs. nice-to-have)
-Recruit widely; craft ads that sell the profile, not just tasks
-Shortlist with structured screens, then run predictive interviews
-Do reference checks before on-sites to verify accomplishments
-Design on-site assessments (committee interview, staff presentation, senior team meeting)
-Rank finalists, pass a board motion, handle offer & negotiations
-Plan onboarding and set up annual goals & evaluation from day one

Perfect for board chairs, governance committees, and HR liaisons leading an Executive Director/CEO search.

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