The Founder of a social enterprise does many things – the visionary, the fundraiser and they bring the magic. What can we pass on from our experiences and what do you need the successor to bring? Most importantly, how do you collectively maintain the culture and mission? Inspired by the song “I Can See Clearly Now” (sung by Jimmy Cliff) we reflect on all these aspects of succession planning with Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, Ruth Ibegbuna and Rupert Roniger.

In this webinar, Elaine Miller-Karas and Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda share ideas of how to navigate transition out of an organisation when difficult feelings or memories are stirred. They discuss practical tools to provide relief from stressful and traumatic symptoms and Ma. Cecilia shares her own experiences in this touching and important conversation.

Carole King’s song “You’ve got a friend” beautifully epitomises the care and support that we as social entrepreneurs need while we look at the best way to celebrate our eldership in our succession and our leadership. Dr. François Bonnici, Adriana Craciun and Tim Hanstad discuss this fascinating topic.

Mark Cheng tables some ideas on how we can change the culture within the social sector - to address the unhealthy martyr complex, the lack of financial recognition for founders and how we can support social entrepreneurs to prepare for their eldership.

Gary Cohen and Neelam Chhiber discuss this important question. Just some of the points covered - how social entrepreneurs come to be labelled as 'heroes'; how this affects their wellbeing; that it’s organisations, networks and movements (not lone 'heroes') that create systems change and the importance of recognising and empowering others.

Monica Culen provides insights into her detailed approach to succession. Collince Dundo tells us why he believes transition and succession planning is a critical component of the sustainable impact of his young, vibrant organisation.

Areeba Hamid, Joint Executive Director at Greenpeace UK, joined us to talk about how she and Will McCallum decided to apply for the leadership role together, and how it works in terms of practicalities and relationship management.

DY Suharya describes her powerful founder journey, how her organisation works with the government in Indonesia and practical insights into her succession plan.

Cynthia Rayner and Mel Young discuss storytelling and its power to change perceptions, culture and systems. They use ‘The Beautiful Game’, a Netflix film inspired by the Homeless World Cup, as a case study.

Tracey Chambers and Attila von Unruh guide us through practical advice on how to build organisational resilience in case of financial crisis as well as stories of hope in this engaging webinar.

Rebecca Eastmond provides advice on talking to a funder about succession, giving examples of what to do and what to avoid.

Katherine Milligan, Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne and Tracey Chambers discuss what it means to bring a trauma-informed lens to our work as social entrepreneurs.

Neelam Chhiber and Jacob Mathew discuss their succession journeys as individuals and as a couple, providing valuable practical insights.

Webinar: We hear insights from Dan Viederman, an award-winning social entrepreneur, who shares his experiences of the succession process and his learnings from being on boards across the non-profit and commercial sectors.

Dr. Susanna Kislenko (Director, The Founder Leadership Research Lab at the University of Oxford and Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University) shares her groundbreaking research on Founder’s Syndrome to help us understand it and avoid it.