Changing Generation
Friday, September 25th, 2009
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It is not so important to be the first nonprofit to create a service or an approach to be the most successful. It is more important for a nonprofit to understand how the organization got to where it is today, identify where it wants to be and devise a plan to get there. The plan should include an opportunity to learn, the means to identifying those components of the organization that are successful and those that need work.
Another aspect to an internal review of the organization is to review the transition plan for changing leadership. A majority of the nonprofits will be going through the retirement of the current leadership. The switching over to the next generation of leaders is better served by recruiting at least six months before the leadership change. Institutional memory and community relations are difficult to maintain after a turnover in leadership.
