Preserving The Mission
Legacy planning for I/DD leaders.
The Work Deserves A Future.
Preserving the Mission
You’ve spent years building an organization that matters. Preserving the Mission helps you intentionally protect its mission, culture, people, and impact-whatever the future may hold.
This self-paced legacy planning course gives founders and executive leaders in the I/DD field expert guidance, practical tools, and a clear roadmap for determining what comes next. From “Where do I even start?” to “I know exactly what to do next.”
You Built More Than An Organization.
You built relationships. You built a culture. You created opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
You built something your employees, the people you serve, families, and your community count on. And when so much hat work has been connected to your leadership, thinking about its future can feel incredibly personal.
How do you prepare an organization to continue without losing what made it worth building in the first place?
That’s what Preserving the Mission is designed to help you answer.
Legacy Planning Isn’t About Leaving. It’s About Stewardship.
You don’t need to be retiring next year to begin legacy planning. And you don’t need to know exactly how or when your leadership will eventually change. Legacy planning begins much earlier.
It’s about understanding where your organization depends on you today, defining what should remain long after you’re gone, and intentionally building a path that protects the mission and people you’ve spent years serving.
The goal isn’t to decide how your story ends. It’s to make sure the mission continues.
Your Path From Uncertainty to Clarity
Preserving the Mission walks you through a six-part learning journey designed to
move you from reflection to action.
Strategic Wind-Down & Hybrid Paths
Explore thoughtful closure, phased transitions, shared leadership, partnerships, program transitions, and other creative approaches for protecting your commitments and preserving impact.
This Isn’t Just a Course. You’ll Build Your Legacy Plan As You Go.
Watching six videos isn’t the goal. Making progress on your organization’s future is. Each module includes practical exercises and planning tools that help you apply what you’re learning directly to your own organization.
Your Preserving the Mission Toolkit Includes:
Legacy Reflection Workbook
Clarify the impact you hope continues and what you’re truly stewarding.
Founder Dependency Assessment
Identify where your organization is vulnerable and where greater preparation is needed.
Legacy Reflection Workbook
Clarify the impact you hope continues and what you’re truly stewarding.
Founder Dependency Assessment
Identify where your organization is vulnerable and where greater preparation is needed.
Legacy Reflection Workbook
Clarify the impact you hope continues and what you’re truly stewarding.
Founder Dependency Assessment
Identify where your organization is vulnerable and where greater preparation is needed.