Endings

A deep practice intensive on managing departures, closures, and transitions with dignity and intentionality.

About This Intensive

An extended, practice-intensive session on the practice of endings in organizational life. Staff departures, program closures, partnership dissolutions, and leadership transitions all involve endings that are rarely handled with intention. This intensive teaches participants how to manage endings in ways that honor what was, protect what remains, and create the conditions for what comes next.

We'll cover:

• Why endings are so poorly managed in organizations and what that costs
• How to distinguish between endings that need closure, repair, celebration, or grief
• How to manage staff departures in ways that protect institutional knowledge and team trust
• How to close programs or partnerships without damaging relationships
• How to support teams through endings and transitions as a leader
• How to create organizational practices that handle endings with dignity as a matter of routine

You'll leave with:

• A framework for assessing what each ending requires
• Practices and language for common organizational endings
• A plan for building intentional ending practices into your organization

Designed for: Leaders, managers, and practitioners in mission-driven organizations seeking professional development or continuing education credit.