Non-profits Face Dire Shortage of Future Leaders
Think your for-profit organization faces a crisis with the number and quality of your Baby Boomer leaders who are on the verge of retiring? Feel fortunate that you're not in the non-profit world.
According to Bridgespan Group, a management consulting group for non-profits, about 640,000 new senior leaders will be needed over the next decade by non-profits. That's about 250 percent the current number. Why the huge increase? Burnout and the above mentioned retirements.
One step in the right direction is American Humanics, a national program that offers a non-profit management certification that compliments an undergraduate degree. Students are required to complete classwork and 300 hours of internship activities. American Humanics is currently connected with some 70 campuses across the country and works with 300 to 400 students a year. Not quite 640,000 but a good step in the right direction.
Source: Campus Career Counselor, Christian Science Monitor, August 13, 2007
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