Download or read book Feedback That Works for Nonprofit Organizations written by Shera Clark and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giving effective feedback is essential in leadership, as it promotes open communication, provides tangible information employees can act upon, and empowers employees to get things done. Providing effective feedback does not require specialized systems or an extensive development budget, both of which may be lacking in nonprofit organization. This guidebook will show you how to develop feedback skills that you can use in everyday situations to improve the performance of your employees, encourage their professional development, and contribute to the success of your nonprofit organization.
Download or read book Managing the Non Profit Organization written by Peter F. Drucker and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking and premier work on nonprofit organizations. The nonprofit sector is growing rapidly, creating a major need for expert advice on how to manage these organizations effectively. Management legend Peter Drucker provides excellent examples and explanations of mission, leadership, resources, marketing, goals, and much more. Interviews with nine experts also address key issues in this booming sector.
Download or read book Meeting the Job Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders A Fieldbook on Strategies and Actions written by Jean Lobell and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations need to depend on mission-oriented, motivated, and committed leaders who have a mix of social awareness, programmatic expertise, operational knowledge and skills, strong relationship capacities, and sound judgment to deliver results in an environment in which they must function and fulfill their missions with very limited resources while simultaneously demonstrating the impact of every dollar they raise.Community Resource Exchange, a management consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations of all sizes, delivers leadership and management programs designed to build the competencies of nonprofit leaders. This fieldbook aims to put many of the skills and insights gained by participants in CRE's cohort learning programs into the hands of more nonprofit leaders.The strategies offered here will provide nonprofit leaders with approaches to their challenges that shift their perspective on things or stretch their current repertoire of practices and competencies. Applying these approaches are developmental experiences, enabling nonprofit leaders to supplement or deepen their leadership talent. By implementing the suggested approaches, nonprofit leaders will learn by doing, a key ingredient in adult learning.
Download or read book Unicorns Unite written by Jessamyn Shams-Lau and published by Red Press Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the movers, shakers and change-makers of the world continue to tackle the growing list of problems facing humanity. However, there's a problem. Nonprofits and foundations need each other to fulfil their quest to eradicate global poverty like a unicorn needs a rainbow, but the way in which they work together is far from perfect. Enter the Unicorns. Part relationship-counseling, part manifesto, part workbook. Unicorns Unite provides the game-changing ideas and talking points for the conversation we really need to have; how can non-profits and foundations work better together?
Download or read book Nonprofit Management 101 written by Darian Rodriguez Heyman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive handbook for leading a successful nonprofit This handbook can educate and empower a whole generation of nonprofit leaders and professionals by bringing together top experts in the field to share their knowledge and wisdom gained through experience. This book provides nonprofit professionals with the conceptual frameworks, practical knowledge, and concise guidance needed to succeed in the social sector. Designed as a handbook, the book is filled with sage advice and insights from a variety of trusted experts that can help nonprofit professionals prepare to achieve their organizational and personal goals, develop a better understanding of what they need to do to lead, support, and grow an effective organization. Addresses a wealth of topics including fundraising, Managing Technology, Marketing, Finances, Advocacy, Working with Boards Contributors are noted nonprofit experts who define the core capabilities needed to manage a successful nonprofit Author is the former Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation This important resource offers professionals key insights that will have a direct impact on improving their daily work.
Download or read book Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Managers and Leaders written by Judith Wilson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only nonprofit orientation to coaching skills available, Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Leaders will provide nonprofit managers with an understanding of why and how to coach, how to initiate coaching in specific situations, how to make coaching really work, and how to refine coaching for long-term success. Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Leaders offers practical steps for coaching leaders to greatness and complements the academic and theoretical work in nonprofit leadership theory. The book can be used by the coaching novice as a thorough topical overview or by those more experienced with coaching as a quick reference or refresher. Based on the Inquiry Based Coaching? approach, Coaching Skills will strengthen and expand the reader?s ability to drive organization mission, while retaining the intrinsic values of the nonprofit culture and working towards outcomes that create a culture of discipline and accountability and empower others to be even more responsible, accountable, and self-motivated. This book uses accessible language, examples, case studies, key questions, and exercises to help: Promote better relationships Know when to delegate, direct and coach. Balance directive and supportive styles of leadership for productive partnerships Overcome fears and deal head-on with difficult situations and conflict. Use coaching for performance improvement and on-the-job development. Support independent thinking and personal reflection Gain commitment and accountability from others and build teams
Download or read book Developing a Learning Culture in Nonprofit Organizations written by Stephen J. Gill and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact and that the funds raised to operate their organizations are maximized and used effectively. This book demonstrates how to create a culture of learning (intentional learning from reflection and feedback focused on successes and failures) that will lead to ongoing performance measurement and improvement. Because nonprofit organizations rely heavily on volunteers and are focused on mission, not money, it is critical for them to create a culture in which learning is a motivator for change. The book breaks down learning into four levels: individual, team, whole organization and community. Learning at each of these levels is described and then specific tools are presented. The tools are hands-on and practical, which facilitate reflection and feedback.
Download or read book Feedback at Work written by Lisa A. Steelman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delivers an evidence-based summary of best practices in providing and utilizing feedback in organizational settings. Bringing together a range of renowned experts, the chapters in this book discuss the current state of feedback theory and research, as well as practical recommendations for using the evidence to improve feedback processes in organizations. This book is intended for scholars and managers, but anyone on the giving or receiving end of feedback will benefit from a better understanding of the process. The chapters in this volume take the reader deep into the current literature, set a research agenda for the future, and provide key take-aways to enhance intentionality in the feedback process.
Download or read book Kindly Review written by Dawn Crawford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the creative and innovative potential of your team members with a new approach to feedback and review In Kindly Review: The Secret to Giving and Receiving Feedback to Make Your Ideas Great is a transformative new approach to taking the sting out of the review process and unlocking the innovative and creative power of your teams. You’ll learn to regain control over your work processes, from project start to completion, and get products to the finish line quickly and efficiently. The author identifies eight “classic” styles of giving feedback and contrasts them with the effective Kind Review process, a system for creating respectful, collaborative, and innovative working environments. You’ll find: Strategies for gathering, receiving, and giving feedback respectfully, productively, and kindly The reasons why receiving feedback can be so painful in the first place, and ways to reduce the emotional impact of critical and negative responses A comprehensive model for respectful workplace collaboration with team review and feedback at its foundation A can’t-miss roadmap to unlocking freedom, creativity, and innovation amongst your team members, Kindly Review belongs on the bookshelves of leader at for-profit firms, nonprofit agencies, and government departments looking for new ways to approach team leadership.
Download or read book Managing to Change the World written by Alison Green and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why getting results should be every nonprofit manager's first priority A nonprofit manager's fundamental job is to get results, sustained over time, rather than boost morale or promote staff development. This is a shift from the tenor of many management books, particularly in the nonprofit world. Managing to Change the World is designed to teach new and experienced nonprofit managers the fundamental skills of effective management, including: managing specific tasks and broader responsibilities; setting clear goals and holding people accountable to them; creating a results-oriented culture; hiring, developing, and retaining a staff of superstars. Offers nonprofit managers a clear guide to the most effective management skills Shows how to address performance problems, dismiss staffers who fall short, and the right way to exercising authority Gives guidance for managing time wisely and offers suggestions for staying in sync with your boss and managing up This important resource contains 41 resources and downloadable tools that can be implemented immediately.
Download or read book Joan Garry s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership written by Joan Garry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.
Download or read book Leap of Reason written by Mario Morino and published by Mario Morino. This book was released on 2011 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leap of Reason is the product of decades of hard-won insights from philanthropist Mario Morino, McKinsey & Company, and top social-sector innovators. It is intended to spark the critically important conversations that every nonprofit board and leadership team should have in this new era of austerity. The authors make a convincing case that the nation's growing fiscal crisis will force all of us in the social sector to be clearer about our aspirations, more intentional in defining our approaches, more rigorous in gauging our progress, more willing to admit mistakes, more capable of quickly adapting and improving--all with an unrelenting focus on improving lives.
Download or read book Feedback That Works written by Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever level you occupy in an organization, from line manager to senior executive to team leader, the skill of giving meaningful and effective feedback is an important component to helping other people develop and to getting the job done. Creating and delivering a specific message based on observed performance is key to effective feedback. Your feedback should enable the receiver to walk away understanding exactly what he or she did and what impact it had on you. When the result is this specific and this direct, there is a better chance that the person getting the feedback will be motivated to begin, continue, or stop behaviors that affect performance. This guidebook explains how to deliver effective feedback by showing how to build your message, when to deliver it, and how to communicate it. By using the methods and examples in this guidebook, your feedback becomes a tool for development—for others and for yourself.
Download or read book Race Gender and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations written by Marybeth Gasman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume centers on the lives and experiences of female and African American leaders of foundations and nonprofits. Contributors to the volume examine race and gender as constructs and provide a theoretical background for understanding their effect on the psycho-social development of the individuals.
Download or read book Forces for Good written by Leslie R. Crutchfield and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of a groundbreaking book on best practices for nonprofits What makes great nonprofits great? In the original book, authors Crutchfield and McLeod Grant employed a rigorous research methodology derived from for-profit books like Built to Last. They studied 12 nonprofits that have achieved extraordinary levels of impact—from Habitat for Humanity to the Heritage Foundation—and distilled six counterintuitive practices that these organizations use to change the world. Features a new introduction that explores the new context in which nonprofits operate and the consequences for these organizations Includes a new chapter on applying the Six Practices to small, local nonprofits, including some examples of these organizations Contains an update on the 12 organizations featured in the original book—how they have fared, what they've learned, and where they are now in their growth trajectory This book has lessons for all readers interested in creating significant social change, including nonprofit managers, donors, and volunteers.
Download or read book Feedback Toolkit written by Rick Maurer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-01-14 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides expert guidance on using feedback as a performance improvement tool. It includes many simple tools readers can use to improve feedback in their work unit. The book suggests that feedback works best when the giver and receiver realize that they are in a dance together.
Download or read book The Jossey Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management written by David O. Renz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Third Edition of the bestselling nonprofit management reference and text called the "big green book." Based on updated research, theory, and experience, this comprehensive edition offers practical advice on managing nonprofit organizations and addresses key aspects such as board development, strategic planning, lobbying, marketing, fundraising, volunteer management, financial management, risk management, and compensation and benefits. New chapters cover developments in such areas as social entrepreneurship, financial leadership and capital structure, accountability and transparency, and the changing political-legal climate. It includes an instructor's manual
