Note:

Online registration is currently closed, but spaces are still available. If you would like to attend this event, please call NWPPA at 360-254-0109, and our staff will be happy to help you.

Who Should Attend:

Any board member, commissioner, or general manager involved in the succession planning process.

Related Events:

NWPPA Annual Conference & Membership Meeting, May 19-22, 2019

Annual Meeting Pre-conference Class: 956.1 Crucial Conversations in the Boardroom, May 20, 2019

Course Overview:

Board, CEO, and staff succession planning are essential to ensuring tomorrow’s purpose-driven organization. Personnel change is inevitable in every organization. Often such change can be challenging, especially when vacancies occur in leadership positions. This course focuses on the board’s responsibility and role in ensuring that the cooperative has a succession plan in place for the CEO and its overall leadership. Also discussed is the board’s role in ensuring that the CEO has a process in place to ensure ongoing development of the organization’s workforce potential and a plan to ensure leadership continuity and quality.

Course Topics:

• Succession planning and development
• The board’s fiduciary responsibility for assuring a qualified and capable workforce
• Competencies expected in today’s executive leadership positions
• Changes in CEO leadership

Course Instructor:

Robert Patton, NRECA

Course Schedule:

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the class will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch, as well as morning and afternoon breaks, will be provided.

Course Location & Hotel Information:

Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-1234

Room rate: $182/night

Please book your room as soon as possible, but no later than April 26, 2019, to secure this rate. Mention that you are coming in with the NWPPA group when booking your reservation.

Course Fees:

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations are accepted, with full refund, if request is made at least 30 days prior to the course. Within 30 days, fees are as follows: 15-29 days, $100; 1-14 days or "no show," 100 percent of registration fee. When possible, please send a substitute instead of canceling. NWPPA does not charge a fee for substitutions.

Continuing Hours:

This course qualifies for six continuing hours. Certificates are issued upon full completion of the course.