Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, <i>Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations</i> 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. <i>Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations</i> discusses the most compelling leadership challenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and <ul> <li>Shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead more effective organizations</li> <li>Includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boards with boards of nonprofit organizations</li> <li>Provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards</li> <li>Discusses for-profit “organizations of hope” that provide important leadership for social change and responsibility</li> <li>Suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteer workforce</li> <li>Presents a model for leading nonprofit projects</li> <li>Offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofit organizations</li> <li>Considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders</li> <li>Includes strategies to develop leadership capacity</li> </ul>