Don't Plan for Succession, Plan for Success

This session will focus on relatively small changes that staff and board leaders can make that can strengthen the culture, build capacity and ultimately increase resilience, a key element to enabling smooth transitions.

David Harris is Managing Partner of Interim Executive Solutions, a network with over 200 professionals who step in as interim executive leaders in nonprofits throughout the country. After spending six years in the classroom as an 8th-grade math teacher, David amassed extensive consulting and operating leadership experience in nonprofits, serving as Co-Chair of Community Action Partners, Deputy Director of Teachers21, and Managing Director of the UPCS Institute. Before earning an MAT and entering the education field, David spent 20 years as a management consultant, marketing director, and business executive in various computer software and retail organizations. David holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Sc.B. in Biochemistry from Brown University.

Peter Drucker famously said that…