New Report from CompassPoint: Next Generation Organizations
Submitted by GIA News on February 14, 2011
(2-14-2011) This report, Next Generation Organizations: 9 Key Traits, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, provides a simple framework and self-assessment tool to guide nonprofits as they foster learning, identify organizational areas of strength, and focus staff and board conversations where they need to be to become next generation organizations.
The 9 traits given, and explored in depth, are these:
- Impact Driven
- Finance and Business Savvy
- Continuous Learning
- Shared Leadership
- Wired for Policy Advocacy
- Multicultural and Culturally Competent
- Ambiguity of Work-Life Boundaries
- Constituents as Thought Partners
- Boards as Value Add