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## [Proactive Planning: Leadership Succession Planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/proactive-planning-succeeding-with-succession)

 Posted by [Makiyah Moody](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/makiyah-moody) on Sep 28, 2016, 3:57:43 PM

*“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” — Madam C.J. Walker, American entrepreneur and philanthropist*

## Why Succession Planning Matters

It’s often said that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And so it is with succession planning. Succession planning is a...

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## [Address the Need for Nonprofit Succession Planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/address-the-need-for-nonprofit-succession-planning)

 Posted by [Robin Hindsman Stacia, Psy.D and Lita Pardi](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/robin-hindsman-stacia-psy-d-and-lita-pardi) on Jul 27, 2016, 1:49:43 PM

Succession plans do for nonprofits what wills or testaments do for us as individuals — they help us plan for our future. As a CEO, when you engage in succession planning, you’re thinking ahead to everything your successor and others will need to know and do to carry on the good work your...

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