Expectations mismatches across generations in the nonprofit workplace with Carol Hamilton and Danielle Marshall

In episode 75 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and Danielle Marshall discuss

• Our meaning making brains and the stories we make up about each other

• Challenges that progressive organizations are having with the mismatch in expectations across generations

• Why a reflexive anti-leadership stance from front line staff misses much of the nuance and reality facing organization leaders

Guest Bio: Danielle is an inclusive leader focused on strengthening collaboration among teams, leaders, and stakeholders to foster problem-solving, create solutions, and improve culture. She finds her inspiration in leading systemic change work that promotes equity and inclusion.

Danielle founded Culture Principles in response to a persistent need to operationalize Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion metrics, centering REDI goals and creating accountability systems. She supports clients through her Mapping Equity Framework focused on Unearthing Knowledge, Elevating Strategy, and Transforming Sustainability. She centers her work around organizational assessment, racial equity learning intensives, and the development of racial equity action plans. Understanding that each organization arrives at this work from different perspectives, she utilizes assessment in building a customized strategy for each unique partner. Previously Danielle served as a non-profit leader for 20+ years and today works on strategy development that enables nonprofits to achieve equitable mission-driven results. Danielle holds a Master's degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Louisiana Tech University and draws on her background as an I/O psychologist in applying a racial equity lens to organizational policies, practices, and programs. She is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP)/ Executive Coach (ACC).

During her playtime, you can find Danielle traveling, knitting, and kayaking in all 50 states.

Important Links and Resources:

• Building Resilient Organizations: Toward Joy and Durable Power in a Time of Crisis

• Paving a Better Way: What's Driving Progressive Organizations Apart and How to Win by Coming Together

• Ladder of Inference

• https://www.culture-principles.com/

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/danimarshall/

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