Leaving Well: A Navigation Guide for Workplace Transitions

About Leaving Well: A Navigation Guide for Workplace Transitions

This is Leaving Well, where we talk about the reality that People Leave™️ in nonprofits and the social impact sector. Through this podcast, you will receive expert insights on leadership exits and transitions, the benefits of interim leadership, and sustainable succession planning in nonprofits. Listen to learn transition strategies for executive director, CEO, and board of directors leadership during resignations, terminations, and unfortunate circumstances such as death.

Publisher

Naomi Hattaway

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Aug 2023

Latest episode

3 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 101 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   98: The Exit Hook - What You Owe (And Don't Owe) When You Leave (Series Part Four)

   Interim nonprofit leader [Host Name] guides executives on navigating departures and building sustainable organizations that thrive beyond their tenure.

2. 

   24 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   97: Getting Off the Hook Without Abandoning Ship (Series Part Three)

   This episode explores how nonprofit leaders address feelings of guilt and fear to disengage from unnecessary responsibilities, ensuring organizational sustainability and preventing single points of failure.

3. 

   17 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   96: Who's Really on the Hook? Mapping Organizational Accountability (Series Part Two)

   This episode explores mapping organizational functions across strategic, operational, and governance domains to identify gaps and accountability vacuums that threaten leadership transitions, ensuring delivery continues without the leader.

Inside a recent episode

98: The Exit Hook - What You Owe (And Don't Owe) When You Leave (Series Part Four)

Published 3 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So number one is that my value is not in being irreplaceable. It's actually in what I leave behind and what remains after I'm gone. So if every interim engagement begins with an exit date, sometimes it's firm six months or so. Sometimes it's conditional until say the permanent higher start starts, but that exit date is always there. And this changes immensely how you lead. You can't build systems that only work if you're present. You need to not hoard relationships. You need to not keep information locked behind a box. You can't really make yourself indispensable because dispensability is literally the job description. […]

Who has been a guest on Leaving Well: A Navigation Guide for Workplace Transitions

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Beth Saunders
• Laura Gouin
• Austen Smith
• Julie McFarland
• Thaler Pekar

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,189

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

71

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