Association leaders are serving less time in the top job, according to a new examination of turnover by Association Intel, the online database of associations, leader and salary information. In a sample of 1,476 nonprofit organizations, the tenure for trade groups averages 6.81 years now; in professional societies, leadership drops to 5.5 years. The average length of service for all nonprofit leaders is about 6.17 years. The trend is a distinct change from just 20 years ago, when longtime leaders retired after several decades of service at an organization. Now, recruiters and CEOs note there’s an unspoken age cutoff for the chief executive job. Search committees are… Read More