NPQ – Nonprofit Leadership at a Crossroad That many white CEOs conflate their executive position with their community esteem is contributing to delayed and dysfunctional leadership transitions in many nonprofit organizations, according to consultant Mistinguette Smith. In “Nonprofit Leadership at a Crossroads,” she writes, “I often coach rising executives of color who are perplexed by their white predecessor’s reluctance to depart. They assume the barriers to leaving are financial. It is unimaginable to them that retiring executives are struggling with being unable to envision a future in which they are useful and continue to have esteem and relevance.” Read more here…