Young Nonprofit Employees Should Seize the Initiative to Become the Leaders of Tomorrow

It is well known that a leadership gap is coming in the nonprofit sector. Due to the deluge of baby boomer nonprofit staff that will be retiring and the explosion in the sheer number of nonprofits, the sector will be scrambling to fill leadership positions.

A recent study, Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out, by the Casey Foundation and others, asked more than 600 nonprofit workers of various ages what problems they find in nonprofit work as well as why they chose it, stuck with it, or thought about leaving it.

The study authors provided some keen insights on how young staffers can become the next generation of nonprofit leaders.

• Six Strategies for Young Nonprofit Employees to Become Next Generation Leaders