Title: Challenge of Founder’s Syndrome | Texas Commission on the Arts
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Challenge of Founder’s Syndrome
Parting is such sweet sorrow
What are founders thinking?
Should the founder remain on the board?
What can happen if a leader stays too long?
Should the founder continue after a replacement is named?
What are the most difficult issues for the founder to face?
Are there training opportunities that address founder’s syndrome?
What is the best way to confront the issue of organizational transition?
What happens if the founder wants to continue to work with the nonprofit?
Is there any way that founders can continue working with their organizations?
Is there a graceful way to send them off?

Content: If they have lived and breathed their jobs for all the years they worked for a nonprofit, then it is difficult to imagine not having it in their lives. Are there training opportunities that address founder’s syndrome? Yes. To assist founders and nonprofit boards, some grantmakers and consultants offer training. Some workshops help founders enhance their management style by turning over control of certain operations. Others help executives decide whether it is time for them to leave. What is the best way to confront the issue of organizational transition? Boards should consider developing a succession plan. This process may allow the founder to consider when to leave the organization. This process could also teach executives how to strengthen operations to prepare for and to survive their departure.