Succession Planning for Associations
Dave Fellers, FASAE, CAE
Friday, June 3, 2016, 9:15 - 11:00am
Marvin Auditorium 101B, TSCPL, 1515 SW 10th
Association CEOs have indicated that up to 70% will be leaving their position in the next five years…45%within the next three years. Yet, only 25% of associations have developed an internal succession plan for the CEO.
Without advance planning for the departure of the chief of staff, leadership and remaining staff are often at a loss on the process they should follow, the timeline and financial impact of replacing a top executive. This can cause morale issues with staff and can be devastating to an elected leader who now must focus on how to hire a new executive rather than accomplishing the organization’s strategic plan.
Dave Fellers, FASAE, CAE, a 30 year veteran of association management and now a leading consultant onstrategic planning and contingency planning, will provide association leaders with the steps in developing a succession plan. This will include procedures for a planned (retirement) or unexpected CEO departure (changing jobs, death or disability), timelines for when various steps should be taken, importance of open communications, formation of a search committee, identification of the search process – internal or using a recruitment firm -- key contact lists, costs that must be considered, interim staff and leader responsibilities and development of goals for the new executive.
About Dave Fellers, FASAE, CAE
Fellers has served as President of Dave Fellers Consulting, LLC since 2008. He served as Executive Director of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) from 2001-2008; executive director of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), 1999-2001; executive director of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), 1991-1999, and previously served as Division Director of the American Nurses Association, and as Executive Vice President and CEO of the Oklahoma and the Texas Oil Marketers Associations.
He served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE), Chicago Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chicago Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Society of Association Executives (KCSAE). He received the Key Award (highest honor given) from ASAE, the Shapiro Award for Leadership Excellence from Association Forum of Chicago, the Kansas City Society of Association Executives Professional Achievement Award and the KCSAE Allied Member Award of Excellence.
