Community Coalition: How One Organization Achieves Successful Leadership Succession

by Nora Silver
01 Jul 2022

Community Coalition believes its “people first” culture will transform social and economic conditions in South Los Angeles. This nonprofit trains young people to grow into tomorrow’s leaders. It was founded by California Congressmember Karen Bass 30 years ago to ensure political power from the ground up thrived. CoCo intentionally created bench strength, negotiated issues of race and gender, and planned for successful leadership transitions. What key practices enabled effective succession transitions and how can they be replicated in other organizations? While CoCo is a cutting-edge example of successful succession planning, can it excel in finding its fourth CEO?

Learning Objectives

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1)Determine what aspects of an organization must be involved and how for effective succession planning. 2) Describe how an organization can continue to reflect all of its community, balancing and integrating various voices. 3) Analyze the ‘bench strength’ of an organization required for seamless and intentional leadership changes, not only in the president/CEO but in the shared leadership of the board and senior staff.

Details

Pub Date: July 1, 2022

Discipline: Leadership

Subjects: Diversity, Ethnicity, Leadership, Leading teams, Nonprofit organizations, Nonprofit sector, Succession issues, Succession planning

Product #: B6009-PDF-ENG

Industry: Nonprofit sector

Geography: United States, California

Length: 8 page(s)