Nonprofit Leadership in a New Millennium · Nonprofit Leadership in a New Millennium June 6, 2018 Frances Kunreuther Building Movement Project

Nonprofit Leadership

in a New MillenniumJune 6, 2018

Frances Kunreuther

Building Movement Project

www.buildingmovement.org

ABOUT THE BUILDING MOVEMENT PROJECT


AGENDA FOR TODAY

• Background

• Generations at Work

• Race to Lead

• Leadership Styles and Transitions

• The Future is Now

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WHO IS IN THE ROOMTurn to someone you don’t know:

▪ Name and Organization

▪ Your generation

▪ You’re here because …


Background

The Crisis – 2007


▪The Baby Boomers are leaving!

▪ Who will take their place?

The Crisis – 2009


The Baby Boomers are staying!

Will there be room for new generations?

The Crisis – 2018


Generations

Find someone in your generation…

What do other generations say about your generation?


Generations at Work

▪ Veterans of Change (1925 – 1945) the silent generation

▪ Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964)

▪ Generation X (1965 – 1980)

▪ Millennials (1981 – 1996)

▪ Generation Z (1997 – 2015)


Five Generations in the Workplace

Generational

Characteristics

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▪ Respect (and respected for) experience

▪ Loyalty

▪ Comfortable with work and (more)secure about the future


Veterans of Change


▪ Proud of their generation

▪ From Mission to Management

▪ Anxiety about the future

Baby Boomers


▪ Management and Mission

▪ Work life/personal life divide

▪ Leading organizations?

Generation X


▪ Racially and ethnically diverse

▪ Technological Natives

▪ Global problems

Millennials


▪ Unsafe world – personal and global

Generation Z

▪ Entrepreneurial

the norm

▪ Face-to-face


Race and

Leadership


Why – despite an increased number of training programs for developing leaders of color and the number of groups working on issues of race/race equity – are there not more leaders of color in nonprofits?

www.racetolead.org

Survey

www. racetolead.org

Who Took the Survey

www.racetolead.org

People of Color Qualified

www.racetolead.org

And Willing

www.racetolead.org

It’s not personal –It’s the system

www.racetolead.org

Race as a Factor in Advancement

www.racetolead.org

Supporting New Leaders of Color

I get pigeon-holed into working for/on

behalf of the Latino/immigrant

community. Sometimes being Latino

is seen as my only "skill." -- Hispanic / Latinx Man

www.racetolead.org

New Narrative

Leadership

Styles and

Transitions


Styles of Leadership


Find someone of your generation

What Do Your Think are Important Qualities in a Leader?

Same Generation Groups


■ Boomers: Fair/Consistent/Dependable

■ Generation X: Innovative

■ Millennials: Coach/mentor

■ Generation Z: Who Knows!

Leadership Qualities


Leadership Transitions


■ Living Longer and Healthier

■ Meaningful Work, Not Retirement

■ More Flexibility, Less Responsibility

Then New Lifecycle of Work


Leaving as Leadership

▪ Little Written on How

to Leave

▪ Long-term Leaders:

What’s Next

▪ Fears about the

Future


“ I found myself surprised at how uncomfortable it is to not have a title”

“It was a scary decision to leave a very successful prior life filled with certainty and security, but it has enabled me to find my ‘center’ and sense of intuitiveness and those hidden strengths.”

THE FUTURE IS NOW


Looking Ahead: Starting Now

Five Years from Now…


Find someone from a different

generation.

■ Where Do You Want to Be in Five

Years (work/life)?

■ What Two Things Do You Need to

Do to Start?

Five Years from Now…


Find someone from a different

generation.

■ What Help Do You Need from

Another Generation?

Closing

Reflections


PLUS/DELTA


COMMITMENTS

▪ Turn to someone nearby

▪One commitment

Thank you!

Facilitator Contact Information:[email protected]

Nonprofit Leadership in a New Millennium · Nonprofit Leadership in a New Millennium June 6, 2018 Frances Kunreuther Building Movement Project

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