Succession in Nonprofit Organizations: An Insider/Outsider Perspective

摘要

Nonprofit organizations face many challenges. One is what Tierney (2006) calls their leadership deficit - who will replace the current executive directors scheduled to retire soon. Sinclair (2001) views executive turnover as a "revolving door." He found that during the years 1994-2001 only one of the 18 CEOs/executive directors of 18 high-profile nonprofit organizations such as the American Red Cross, Girl Scouts of America, Family Service America, National Urban League, and the United Way of America still led their organizations at the end of the period. In other words, the other 17 CEOs/executive directors had moved on. They had departed either on their own accord or at the request of their boards.