The Importance of Succession Planning

In this video, hear about the importance of creating organization-wide succession plans for legal aid organizations.

The Importance of Succession Planning

Grantees will learn several ways to integrate succession planning into their organization:

1. Identify key leadership positions

2. Provide leadership opportunities

3. Recommend executive director successors

Hear directly from Yvonne Mariajimenez, President & CEO of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, on how she implemented these steps to create a comprehensive succession plan for her organization.

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"I'm most proud of fostering what I think is a culture of innovation of being willing to try new forms of advocacy, new forms of intake, new forms of service so that staff members know they are welcome to experiment to try to do things better than we've done before."

David Neumeyer

Executive Director, Virginia Legal Aid Society

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The Importance of Succession Planning