05/08/2017

The Case for Grooming Internal Talent

Leadership transitions can improve when internal talent is properly groomed

Only a third of nonprofit executives were internal hires, according to a recent study. That suggests a lack of leadership development—and perhaps a neglect of larger strategic issues.

If part of being a great leader is grooming future great leaders, nonprofits still have work to do.

That’s one of the conclusions of the latest study by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, which has been surveying organizations for the past 15 years about how well nonprofits have been handing leadership transitions. The study, titled “Daring to Lead,” doesn’t suggest a leadership-transition crisis. But it points to a disappointing stasis: Nonprofits still struggle to diversify their leadership ranks in terms of race, ethnicity or educational background, and they have a hard time grooming talent from within.

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