Why Female CEOs Thrive in Nonprofits

Will we have fewer female CEOs in the future? That is what a new study by the talent management firm Saba and WorkplaceTrends.com suggests. It found that people who identified as female and/or as a millennial lagged behind those who identified as male and/or a generation Xer in their aspiration to be a CEO.

As a woman who became a CEO for the first time at age 27 and now with 20 years of experience in nonprofits and start-ups, I was concerned and a bit disheartened by what this study suggests. While it took me a while to recognize...