Effective Leadership During a CEO Transition

(From Quartz) Leadership transitions can be a welcome change or a time of instability and upheaval. To set your organization up for success, worry less about yourself and invest your attention on the needs of the team and the organization, advises Jennifer Zwilling, chief strategy officer at Hillel International. Zwilling advises those in a leadership position to provide clarity and momentum for the rest of the team by collecting feedback from stateholders, listen deeply and engage local affiliates in conversations about how the organization can better meet their needs.

Finally, Zwilling recommends asking the following questions when preparing for a CEO departure:

• What has your organization learned or accomplished in the recent past that sets the stage for what's next?
• Is there a project that needs attention in spite of, or perhaps because of, the absence of a CEO?
• What do people most want to talk about (that perhaps may not have been possible before a transition) and how might you hold space and give permission for those conversations to happen?

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