Leading Edge commissioned a series of case studies profiling CEO transitions at six different major Jewish organizations across the country:

• American Jewish World Service (AJWS)
• Bend the Arc
• Combined Jewish Philanthropies
• A JCC in the Midwest
• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
• Tufts Hillel

What we learned were valuable lessons about how Jewish organizations can best prepare and position leaders to succeed. 

These case studies offer a candid, personal look at the inner workings of a CEO transition process.

They are rich with first person accounts from key figures involved — the outgoing and incoming CEOs, board members, search committee members, and others — and address key issues for Jewish organizations today, including gender and generational differences in approach to leadership, organizational culture change, best practices for search committees, and more.