Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Introduction: The Seven Components of Successful Transition Management.

1. Why Executive Directors Leave.

2. Preparing for Executive Transition.

3. Understanding and Managing the Phenomenon of Change.

4. Responding to Executive Transition.

5. Appointing an Interim Executive Director.

6. Recruiting and Screening the New Executive Director.

7. Negotiating, Hiring, and Orienting.

8. The Ingredients of a Successful Board–Executive Director Relationship.

Resource A: Example of an Executive Search Agreement.

Resource B: Example of an Executive Search Guarantee.

References and Other Resources.

Index.