More association leaders have announced exits so far in 2018 than in previous two years combined; recruiters see diverse reasons Executive search consultant Nels Olson of Korn Ferry. Seventeen high-profile association CEOs have announced departures year to date—more than were announced in 2016 and 2017 combined, according to CEO Update research. But executive recruiters don't see a pattern; instead they see different factors coming together simultaneously: retirements, politics, political ambitions, desire to give back to community, and the inevitable situations that turned south. "There's a confluence of events that has precipitated a number of the more prominent trade… Read More