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title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Don Tebbe
description: Don Tebbe (dontebbe.com) is a consultant and author of several books and numerous articles on leadership succession. He has guided more than 120 nonprofits through CEO transitions and advised dozens more on leadership succession projects since 1993.
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## Don Tebbe

Don Tebbe (dontebbe.com) is a consultant and author of several books and numerous articles on leadership succession. He has guided more than 120 nonprofits through CEO transitions and advised dozens more on leadership succession projects since 1993.

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## [What to Do — and Not Do — When Your Chief Executive Leaves](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/what-to-do-and-not-do-when-your-chief-executive-leaves)

 Posted by [Don Tebbe](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/don-tebbe) on Mar 21, 2019, 1:37:21 PM

*BoardSource is excited to announce that we just published the second edition of* [Chief Executive Transitions: How to Hire and Support a Nonprofit CEO](https://boardsource.org/product/chief-executive-transitions-second-edition/)*. The author, Don Tebbe, shares some of his expertise on this topic with us here. * 

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