Emergency Executive Succession

Example for Illustrative Purposes Only

2.5 In order to protect the board from sudden loss of Executive Director services, the Executive Director will have no fewer than two other designates sufficiently familiar with board and Executive Director issues and processes to enable either to take over with reasonable proficiency as an interim successor.

Credit for developing examples of policies consistent with Policy Governance principles is due to John Carver and Miriam Carver, who were the co-Authoritative Sources for Policy Governance.

Refer to: Reinventing Your Board: A Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997; 2nd edition, 2006.