The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership

by Jossey-Bass Publishers (San Francisco, California); Editor: James L. Perry; Foreword by: James M. Kouzes

• ISBN13: 9780470542354
• ISBN10: 0470542357
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

An ideal resource for students and professionals, this comprehensive reader offers a diverse collection of the foremost writings on leadership and management in the public and nonprofit sectors. The book includes previously published essays, articles and extracts from leading books and periodicals, framed and vetted by author and professor James L. Perry. The anthology covers a wide range of topics, offering a third sector perspective on the general leadership questions essential to any manager--principles and practices of leadership, organizational change, corporate culture, communication, efficiency, ethics--as well as issues unique to public and nonprofit organizations--understanding leadership roles in the nonprofit world, founder vs. ED relationships, board leadership, alternative and collaborative leadership, strategic management, sustainability, and the future of leadership. Praise for The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership: "The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership is the most comprehensive collection of essays on leadership available. It should be required reading for all of those who teach, practice and are students of the art and science of leadership." Stephen E. Condrey, University of Georgia "This collection of short and readable pieces will be very valuable for students and practitioners of public and nonprofit leadership." Michael O'Neill, professor of nonprofit management, School of Business and Professional Studies, University of San Francisco "James Perry has provided a very valuable tool for nonprofit and public sector leaders. This collection represents the very best lessons for leaders, from John Gardner to Kouzes and Posner. The clear structuring and framing of the articles makes this a perfect handbook for nonprofit and public sector leaders of all types." Ronald E. Riggio, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology Director, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College "Jim Perry brings together in a single volume much of the best writing on leadership theory and leadership 'doing.' For anyone interested in the attributes and practice of leadership, this is the book, looking back at what's been proven effective and forward to what's needed in the next generation of leaders." Timothy L. Seiler, director, The Fund Raising School, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana

Table of Contents

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Foreword

Preface

About the Editor

Aspirations for Leaders in the Nonprofit and Public Sectors

What Is Leadership

The Tasks of Leadership

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

How Leaders Are Grown: The Lessons of Example and Experience

Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence

Leadership Theories for the Nonprofit and Public Sectors

Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment

Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development

Practicing Servant Leadership

Share Leadership

Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box

Key Leadership Skills

Conceptual Skills

The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning Approach for Nonprofit Organizations

Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits

Performance Leadership: Eleven Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance

The Learning Leader as Culture Manager

Maintaining Trust Through Integrity

Administrative Responsibility: The Key to Administrative Ethics

Human Skills

Empowering People to Lead

Enlist Others: Attracting People to Common Purposes

Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Leaders

Negotiating for the Public Good

Technical Skills

Seeing Your Way: Why Leaders Must Communicate Their Visions

Seven Communication Tips an Effective Leader Must Have

Nonprofits and Evaluation: Managing Expectations from the Leader's Perspective

The Next Generation of Leaders and Leadership

Sustaining Impact

Characteristics of Leadership Effectiveness: Implementing Change and Driving Innovation in Organizations

Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector

The Changing of the Guard: What Generational Differences Tell Us About Social-Change Organizations

Into the Fire: Boards and Executive Transitions

Leadership and Leading: Leadership Challenges

Understanding the Nonprofit Sector's Leadership Deficit

The Nexus Effect: When Leaders Span Group Boundaries

The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First Century

New Models of Public Leadership

The Ties That Bind

Name Index

Subject Index

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