Community Based Organizations and Executive Leadership Transitions
This report includes statistics showing that over 60% of all nonprofit executive directors are aged 50 or older; 43% have been at their present job for over 7 years; and 61% are planning to leave their positions in the next five years. These combined factors will create large amounts of leadership turnover, knowledge loss, and turmoil for organizations without effective succession planning.Key Terms: leadership transition, leadership trends, organizational management, staff development, trends
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Published: 2003