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Nonprofit Leadership
in a New MillenniumJune 6, 2018
Frances Kunreuther
Building Movement Project
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ABOUT THE BUILDING MOVEMENT PROJECT
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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 …
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Background
The Crisis – 2007
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▪The Baby Boomers are leaving!
▪ Who will take their place?
The Crisis – 2009
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The Baby Boomers are staying!
Will there be room for new generations?
The Crisis – 2018
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Generations
Find someone in your generation…
What do other generations say about your generation?
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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)
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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
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Veterans of Change
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▪ Proud of their generation
▪ From Mission to Management
▪ Anxiety about the future
Baby Boomers
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▪ Management and Mission
▪ Work life/personal life divide
▪ Leading organizations?
Generation X
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▪ Racially and ethnically diverse
▪ Technological Natives
▪ Global problems
Millennials
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▪ Unsafe world – personal and global
Generation Z
▪ Entrepreneurial
the norm
▪ Face-to-face
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Race and
Leadership
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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?
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Survey
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Who Took the Survey
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People of Color Qualified
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And Willing
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It’s not personal –It’s the system
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Race as a Factor in Advancement
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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
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New Narrative
Leadership
Styles and
Transitions
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Styles of Leadership
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Find someone of your generation
What Do Your Think are Important Qualities in a Leader?
Same Generation Groups
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■ Boomers: Fair/Consistent/Dependable
■ Generation X: Innovative
■ Millennials: Coach/mentor
■ Generation Z: Who Knows!
Leadership Qualities
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Leadership Transitions
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■ Living Longer and Healthier
■ Meaningful Work, Not Retirement
■ More Flexibility, Less Responsibility
Then New Lifecycle of Work
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Leaving as Leadership
▪ Little Written on How
to Leave
▪ Long-term Leaders:
What’s Next
▪ Fears about the
Future
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“ 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
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Looking Ahead: Starting Now
Five Years from Now…
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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…
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Find someone from a different
generation.
■ What Help Do You Need from
Another Generation?
Closing
Reflections
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PLUS/DELTA
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COMMITMENTS
▪ Turn to someone nearby
▪One commitment
Thank you!
Facilitator Contact Information:fkunreuther@buildingmovement.org