Changer le monde. Entrepreneurs d'avenir. Le média de toutes les solidarités. Graines de Changement. Cultural Fit in the Nonprofit Sector: A Conversation with Brian O’Connell. A candidate for a leadership or management role can have the right credentials, experience, and accomplishments, but without the right cultural fit, she/he can fall flat on the job. This especially is true in the nonprofit sector, where cultural fit is highly regarded and can often trump a 100 percent match in skills and experience, according to the recent Bridgespan study, “Finding Leaders for America’s Nonprofits.”
To better understand cultural fit in nonprofit organizations the Bridgespan Group, invited Brian O’Connell, author of Fifty Years in Public Causes: Stories From a Road Less Traveled, and cofounder and president emeritus of Independent Sector, the U.S. umbrella group for voluntary initiatives and philanthropy, to share his perspective. Can you describe the culture of the nonprofit sector and why cultural fit is such an important factor in the hiring process?
Brian O’Connell: The sector as a whole has a culture of public service of citizens. O’Connell: By all means yes. Le Social Business.fr | Des idées qui changent le monde.