It is not the funding, at least for once. A big problem that the non for profit world is facing lies in the lack of investment in manager training leaving charities unprepared for succession when the day finally comes to turn over leadership to the next generation. That is the warning voiced by the article “Lack of Training for Young Nonprofit Workers Means Too Few Potential Leaders“ .

Here some key points of the article:

There are enough potential leaders in the charity world, but they’re not getting the support they need to climb the ladder.

Lack of investment in leadership development leaves nonprofits without succession plans.

Only 29 percent of vacated senior roles at nonprofits are filled by internal promotions.

At nonprofits it’s really hard to grow within an organization.

Many charities are simply too small to accommodate much upward movement by employees.

Read the complete text here.