A Guide to Recruiting Your Next CEO: The Executive Search Handbook for Nonprofit Boards

Recent studies estimate that more than 75% of current nonprofit executives plan to leave their positions in the next five to ten years. What will you do when you need to recruit a new executive for your nonprofits leadership team?Hiring and onboarding a CEO is one of the most important (and challenging) actions a board will ever undertake. Choosing a poor match will require you to repeat the search within a year at best. At worst it can have devastating consequences for your organizations mission.Recruit your next CEO knowing that you have identified an individual whose core leadership competencies and values align with your strategic vision and mission.Dennis C. Miller is a nationally recognized strategic leadership coach and executive search consultant with more than thirty-five years of experience working with nonprofit board leadership and chief executives.In A Guide to Recruiting Your Next CEO Dennis provides a handbook that can be used by any nonprofit board to guide their executive search efforts and feel confident that the outcome will be a positive one for their organization.In it youll learn: What the search process entailsHow to develop a position profile for your ideal CEOHow knowing your strategic vision will help choose the right candidateWhich key leadership competencies and values will help your organization thriveWho should be on your search committeeHow to go about identifying and screening candidatesWhat the interview process consists ofWhy checking references is criticalHow to negotiate a compensation package that works for everyoneHow to ensure your new CEO stands the best chance for success possibleIf this guidance sounds like something your nonprofit organization could use right now youll want to buy this book!If youre preparing for your own CEO search...I invite you to download my Final Candidate Evaluation Matrix. It will help you objectively evaluate the suitability of candidates as you grow nearer to making your final hiring decision. You can request your copy at thenonprofitsearch.com/candidatescore. You may also want to download the Reference Checking Matrix as well from thenonprofitsearch.com/references to capture your thoughts and impressions while checking a candidates references.Both of these templates are my gift to you whether you purchase this book or not.Read what your peers are saying about this bookAs you know hiring and onboarding a CEO is one of the most important actions a board will ever undertake. So often even experienced boards struggle to find the right person and are challenged by the process. I think this book will provide a solid set of guardrails for any nonprofit board in their next search for a CEO.David A. Williams President & CEO Make-A-Wish AmericaDennis new book is a very useful outline for nonprofit boards of directors of the need for the board to rethink about the whole executive recruitment process especially since most board members only go through this once or twice. The risks of getting it wrong are too high.Jim Purcell Chief Executive Officer Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies