Building Nonprofit Capacity : A Guide to Managing Change Through Organizational Lifecycles.
Title:
Building Nonprofit Capacity : A Guide to Managing Change Through Organizational Lifecycles.
Author:
Brothers, John.
ISBN:
9781118103265
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 pages)
Contents:
Building Nonprofit Capacity: A Guide to Managing Change Through Organizational Lifecycles -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One: Setting the Stage: Change as a Defining Force in the Nonprofit Sector -- Lifecycle: A Framework for Initiating, Anticipating, Managing, and Understanding Change -- Our Perspective -- What's in This Book? -- Two: Back to Basics: "What Is Core" -- Defining the "Core" in Core Program -- The Established Organization in Core Program: Characteristics and Telltale Signs -- To Put a Stake in the Ground, You Need a Good Mission -- An Organizational Vision as Your Guide to Success -- Values Matter -- Be Sure Your Strategy Is . . . Strategic -- Founder's Syndrome . . . Not Just for Founders Anymore -- Taking It to the Next Level: The Importance of Trust -- Three: Infrastructure/Adolescence -- Planning for Organizational Growth -- The Role of the Board -- Organizational Culture -- Four: Maturity/Impact Expansion (MIE) -- Importance of Resource Development in the MIE Phase -- Making the Case -- Building Board Accountability in the MIE Phase -- Organizational Assessment: The CSE Tool -- Impact Expansion and the Question of Scale -- Five: Decline -- Overview of Decline and the Lifecycle -- High-Arc and Low-Arc: How Organizations in the Decline Phase Are Affected -- The Arc During Crisis -- Six: Turnaround and Closing -- Historical Look at Lifecycle Thought: Closing -- The Downward Apex Point -- Organizational Turnaround -- Closing an Organization -- The Mind-Set of Closing Organizations -- Seven: Conclusion -- Reflections on This Book -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Appendix -- Notes -- The Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
Praise for Building Nonprofit Capacity "A central question for leadership is to identify where, and when, to focus organizational energy, and that is where Brothers and Sherman's book comes in. Changing organizations is never easy, which is why managers need the right set of maps and tools-like this one." Jon Pratt, executive director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits "Anyone running a nonprofit organization, no matter how large or small, would benefit from reading this book. It's chock-full of useful information about managing change."Eric Nee, managing editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review "Nonprofit leaders need tools to help them manage better, engage communities, collaborate, and have greater impact. Building Nonprofit Capacity is a great tool and a useful reference for organizations that are seeking to make a greater and more sustainable difference." Paul Schmitz, CEO, Public Allies "Brothers and Sherman expertly braid together complementary organizational lifecycle frameworks-and add their own wide-ranging expertise and experience-to bring practitioners and executives this comprehensive, relevant, and honest book about the organizational quest to become ever better."Jeanne Bell, CEO, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services "Whether you are building a start-up, bringing an organization to scale, managing an established group toward excellence, or shepherding a nonprofit at risk of decline, this book should be required reading for every nonprofit executive director." Richard R. Buery, Jr., president and CEO, The Children's Aid Society "There are a lot of nonprofit management books out there. What makes Brothers and Sherman's book different and so important and worthwhile is that they have combined a number of models, theories, and practices and shaped them into a few essential processes that can be used by organizations both large and small."Doug
Bauer, executive director, The Clark Foundation "In America, too few nonprofit founders or leaders can afford to step aside, nor have they been taught how to share power in the decision-making process. This critical juncture in the evolution of so many groups is but one reason to buy Building Nonprofit Capacity-a book that will help any forward thinking leader to see the future ? and act, today." Robert Egger, president, DC Central Kitchen "This should be required reading for nonprofit executives and board members!" -Sean Stannard-Stockton, CEO, Tactical Philanthropy Advisors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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