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9780787968304

Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787968304

  • ISBN10:

    0787968307

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-01
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Summary

Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource that goes beyond traditional nonprofit management theory to offer the latest in cutting-edge thought on leadership for nonprofit organizations. The book offers a wealth of new directions and ideas for leadership and features chapters written by such well-known experts as Frances Hesselbein, Stephen Dobbs, Florence Green, and Jay Conger. Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations discusses the most compelling leadership challenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and Shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead more effective organizations Includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boards with boards of nonprofit organizations Provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards Discusses for-profit "organizations of hope" that provide important leadership for social change and responsibility Suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteer workforce Presents a model for leading nonprofit projects Offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofit organizations Considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders Includes strategies to develop leadership capacity

Author Biography

<B>Ronald E. Riggio</B> is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of numerous books on the topic of leadership. <P> <B>Sarah Smith Orr </B>is president of Smith Orr & Associates in Pasadena, California. She is a consultant and coach for executives and organizations with a specialty in nonprofit leadership and for men and women making a passage through a life transition. <P>

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.
Foreword (Jack Shakely).
Preface.
The Kravis–de Roulet Leadership Conference.
The Authors.
PART ONE: CHALLENGES FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS.
1. Future Challenges for Nonprofit Organizations (Frances Hesselbein).
2. Some Thoughts About Nonprofit Leadership (Stephen Mark Dobbs).
3. Ten Things Nonprofits Must Do in the Twenty-First Century (Florence L. Green).
PART TWO: A FOCUS ON THE NONPROFIT LEADER.
4. Missionary Leadership: Harnessing the Power of the Mission (K. M. Thiagarajan).
5. Transformational Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations (Ronald E. Riggio, Bernard M. Bass, Sarah Smith Orr).
6. The Ethical Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders (Joanne B. Ciulla).
7. Managerial Pay in Nonprofit and For-Profit Corporations (Kevin F. Hallock).
8. Succession and Its Discontents: The Perils and Promise of Change (Georgia Sorenson).
PART THREE: BOARD LEADERSHIP.
9. Transforming Nonprofit Boards: Lessons from the World of Corporate Governance (Jay A. Conger).
10. Last Things First—Theories and Realities: A Perspective on Nonprofit Leadership (Susan M. Scribner).
PART FOUR: A FOCUS ON THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
11. Organizations of Hope: Leading the Way to Transformation, Social Action, and Profitability (Gill Robinson Hickman).
12. Volunteers and Volunteer Organizations: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Concerns (Mark Snyder, Allen M. Omoto).
13. Leadership, Social Work, and Virtual Teams: The Relative Influence of Vertical Versus Shared Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector (Craig L. Pearce, Youngjin Yoo, Maryam Alavi).
PART FIVE: NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES.
14. Leadership of the Nonprofit Strategy Development Process (Thomas J. Reynolds).
15. A Leadership Model for Nonprofit Projects (Victor Sohmen).
16. Using Professional Evaluation to Improve the Effectiveness of Nonprofit Organizations (Stewart I. Donaldson).
17. Leadership Assessment and Development: Recommendations for a New Assessment Model (Paul M. Arsenault).
Conclusion: Soul-Based Leadership: The Confluence of Ideals, Concepts, and Action (Sarah Smith Orr).
Name Index.
Subject Index.

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