Tool 1: Sample Agenda for First Meeting of the Transition Committee
Tool 2: Sample Timeline & Work Plan
Tool 3: Communications Plan: First Letter to Stakeholders
Tool 4: Board Survey Questions
Tool 5: Board Self-Assessment Survey
Tool 6: Sample Staff Survey
Tool 7: Sample Questions for Community Interviews
Tool 8: Creating the Leadership Agenda and Candidate Profile
Tool 9: Sample Leadership Agenda
Tool 10: Candidate Profile
Tool 11: Attending to Staff’s Transition through All Three Phases
Tool 12: Sample Job Announcement
Tool 13: Sample Recruitment Plan
Tool 14: Sample Memo to Board and Staff on Networking
Tool 15: Summary of Typical Screening Sequence
Tool 16: Sample Letter of Acknowledgment to Applicants
Tool 17: Examples of First-Round Interview Questions
Tool 18: Behavioral Interviewing
Tool 19: Sample Candidate Rating Form
Tool 20: Checking References
Tool 21: Sample Agenda for Finalists’ Interviews and Decision-Making Meeting
Tool 22: Making a Choice
Tool 23: Offer Letter Template
Tool 24: Rejection Letter to Applicants Not Interviewed
Tool 25: Hiring Announcement Letter
Tool 26: Sample New Executive Director Orientation Plan
Tool 27: Sample Set of Executive Performance Goals
Tool 28: Executive Director Annual Assessment Form