New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/14/2017 -- While more than 10% of Americans work in the nonprofit sector, leadership gurus mostly ignore them. Traditional sources of information about leadership, like schools, and online resources like Wikipedia and Google, simply don't have the content to help today's nonprofit leaders excel, leaving most of them to learn from first-hand experience. That's why Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley, principals of H2Growth Strategies, decided to research nonprofit leadership. They interviewed 47 top nonprofit change-makers from organizations such as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Goodwill Industries International, Share Our Strength, Nature Conservancy, Bank Street College of Education and PBS, about what distinguishes nonprofit leadership from for-profit leadership.
One of the unexpected findings is that over 20% of the leaders interviewed chose to work in the nonprofit sector because of personal tragedies early in life. They learned empathy and emotional intelligence from having a sibling with serious developmental disabilities or experiencing the foster care system firsthand. And they chose to dedicate their lives to transforming society to work better for all people. Although it is not necessary to experience a tragedy to make a successful career in the sector, this finding does shed light on a key characteristic of nonprofit leaders.
To find out more about the insights these 47 top nonprofit leaders shared on leading the sector in the next decade, you might want to pick up Hoexter & Hartley's new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories From America's Non-Profit Leaders. Big Impact is about nonprofit game-changers who have found solutions to some of the world's greatest, most vexing societal problems. The book explores how these change-makers are implementing solutions in their communities, across the United States, and around the world.
About H2Growth Strategies LLC
H2Growth Strategies LLC advises nonprofits and foundations on planning, fundraising and board building. Principals Hartley and Hoexter have over 40 years of experience in leadership roles and as consultants to nonprofits. They have partnered with over 100 organizations to raise more than $1.5 billion. Both have MBAs from top schools. Hartley attended the Stern School at New York University, and Hoexter went to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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