Stephanie Hanson
Sustaining and Growing Leadership Development
Posted by Apr 05, 2010 0 comments
Stephanie Hanson
In June 2009, at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Seattle, I met Marc Vogl from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the first time. Marc gave me a copy of a study commissioned by the Hewlett Foundation, titled Focus Group on Next Generation Leadership. I came back to DC after convention, and spent a few hours on my back porch at home reading the study cover to cover. The study, which is actually the second part of a 2-Phase Hewlett initiative, was conducted through the use of eight focus groups – six composed of Millenials and Gen Xers, and two composed of Boomers.
The conclusions of the study shed light on the wide ranging generational attitudes towards issues of work in the nonprofit arts sector. It demonstrated a lack of understanding one another on the sides of both emerging and seasoned leaders. The end of the study includes a list of recommendations for individual organizations and funders on how to manage the “generational divide” taking place in our sector.
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