Rosetta Thurman

“We talk so much about leadership and the need for more good nonprofit leaders, that we tend to forget about the flip side. Bad leadership exists, too.” In this blog post from early July on her blog Perspectives From the Pipeline, Rosetta Thurman describes her fascination with Barbara Kellerman’s book on bad leadership, especially Kellerman’s explanation that just as there can be bad leaders, there also can be bad followers. Thurman’s conclusion based on that notion: “We as nonprofit employees need to be good followers of our executive directors and boards. However, we also need to be ethical in our obedience and be more

“Given the right support, there is no doubt that the younger generation is ready and willing to assume the thousands of leadership positions baby boomers will be vacating in the coming years.” This was blogger and young nonprofit professional Rosetta Thurman’s conclusion based on her experience at the Nonprofit 2020: Issues and Awareness From the Next Generation conference in Michigan two weeks ago, in which conference attendees came together to discuss issues surrounding the transition to the next generation of nonprofit leaders. “Through the innovative open space process, a generation of leaders who don’t normally get to speak up were given voice, shared valuable