A New Career Narrative – Will Nonprofits Lead the Way?
07/28/2010 - 03:28:57pm
I often speak to nonprofit groups about generational shifts in leadership, and I hear consistent themes in response. People want multigenerational work forces. They see a need to build trust and acknowledge the contributions of all age groups. But mostly they want advice on how to manage the tensions between generations when all are fiercely committed to social change but views on strategy and tactics vary widely by age.
So, when a couple of my boomer gal pals, both movers and shakers in the nonprofit sector, took me to lunch to ask why I was so unsympathetic to the feelings and needs of our generation, I was taken aback.
- by: Frances Kunreuther | More >
