The Future of Nonprofit Leadership

Author: Simon Mont
Publisher: Nonprofit Quarterly
Resource Type: Article
Principle: Reimagine Leadership

The struggle to find replacement executive directors is just one symptom of a problem that is holding the sector back from achieving its full potential. We have built our organizations around an idea that our leadership should come from either a single individual or a small group. This leads to the consolidation of responsibility and power in the people who occupy those positions and the creation of positions within organizations that demand long hours, compromised personal lives, and distance from personally fulfilling client and program work in order focus on administration.