To keep all the information about the leadership deficit, generational differences, and solutions the sector is talking about in one place, we have created this every other Monday post. Read this post on Monday to catch up on what everyone has been talking about over the past couple of weeks. This post is also a great way to get your mind ready for challenges you may face the next five days.

This week’s Monday Mix contains some new links & some older articles we have been saving up.

Generational Differences

• Getting to Know Gen Why
• Ten Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at Work
• Social Citizens Discussion Paper
  • This is a recently released paper on Social Citizens, otherwise known as Millennials involved in civic engagement.
• 10 Ways Generation Y Will Change the Workplace
• Four tips for twenty-somethings to navigate the generation gap at work : Fifth Quarter
  • Tips for navigating the generational gap in a workplace.
• All Things Workplace: Talent: Generational Differences That Do Make a Difference
  • Another view of the differences between generations in the workplace.
• Interchange Group
  • This website contains many links to articles about generational differences.
• Jeitosa Group International
  • An article about creating mentoring relationships, based on different generational preferences.
• Not Your Father’s Leadership!: Gen Y Wants the Same Kind of Government-Sector Leadership that Gen X
• Understanding Generations in the Workplace- HR Logic
• Welcome to Generation Y « meltingpot24’s Weblog
• Give Your Company a Boost During a Down Economy: Hire a Gen Y!
• CoolPeopleCare | The Fountain of Youth
  • This presentation was given during a workshop on Generation Y, given by CoolPeopleCare.
• Five Generational Differences Shaping Leadership | Merrill Associates
• der Trans Gen
  • This blog explains the innovative efforts at COF 2008 for introducing individuals to Next Generation leaders and those that support them.

Articles about issues & solutions.

• onPhilanthropy: Articles: A Roundtable Discussion with Future Leaders in Philanthropy
  • This article is a summary of a round table discussion, facilitated by FLiP (Future Leaders in Philanthropy), regarding the leadership deficit in the nonprofit sector.
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions: Engaging Millennials for Social Causes
  • This article is an archive of a discussion held earlier this week on The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.
• Another Downside to the Downturn: Struggling to Staff Nonprofit Boards
• Are You Underutilizing Younger Employees? – Harvard Business Online’s HBR Editors’ Blog
• How to … Get More College Graduates to Choose a Nonprofit Career Track
  • This article claims young people would choose government service right out of college. But would they choose public service if someone urged them too?
• How to … Avoid Burnout as a Nonprofit Employee
  • Know one is going to change the world if they are stressed out.

Professional Growth

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions
  • This is a summary of a discussion about social networking done on The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.
• The 25 most difficult questions
  • This article contains 25 questions asked in an interview and suggestions for how to answer them.
• Mission Statement Builder – FranklinCovey
  • This website contains information to create your own personal mission statement.
• The 18 Most Valuable Parts to Success
  • This blog contains helpful hints for becoming successful.
• growing changing learning creating: Got hidden talents?
  • This blog describes ways to spot and develop your hidden talents.
• From margaritas to Quadrant II: My time management lesson : Fifth Quarter
  • A new tool for time management & stress relief through organization.
• Get The Most Out Of Networking Events » Life of an Internet Entrepreneur