Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits
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For nonprofits, leadership transitions are a time of high risk. This book explains why transitions are so challenging, and shows how to replace chaos and crisis with proven, sustainable planning. The authors show how to systematically identify, introduce,...
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For nonprofits, leadership transitions are a time of high risk. This book explains why transitions are so challenging, and shows how to replace chaos and crisis with proven, sustainable planning. The authors show how to systematically identify, introduce, support, and monitor leaders in ways that enhance performance and promote the organizational mission.
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For nonprofits, leadership transitions are a time of high risk. This book explains why transitions are so challenging, and shows how to replace chaos and crisis with proven, sustainable planning. The authors show how to systematically identify, introduce, support, and monitor leaders in ways that enhance performance and promote the organizational mission.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits “
Introduction 1 Section 1: Leadership and the Challenge of Transition Chapter 1 What Makes Nonprofit Leadership So Challenging? 29 Chapter 2 Why Transitions Fail 53 Section 2: Fundamentals of Effective Leadership Chapter 3 Mission, Vision, and Effective Leadership 77 Chapter 4 Leadership and Strategy 95 Chapter 5 Good Governance 109 Chapter 6 Alignment 131 Section 3: Professionalizing the Transition Process Chapter 7 Creating a Transition Management Plan 151 Chapter 8 Transition Management 175 Chapter 9 Managing the Search Process 191 Chapter 10 Using Interim CEOs During Transition 223 Chapter 11 Introducing the New Leader 235 Section 4: Attending to New Beginnings Chapter 12 Succession Planning 253 Chapter 13 Leadership Continuity and Long-Term Governance 265 Epilogue 285 Section 5: Tools Appendix A Notes on Research and Research Methods 289 Appendix B Sample Leadership Transition Plan 291 Appendix C Sample CEO Job Descriptions 303 Appendix D Sample CEO Evaluation Templates 315 Appendix E Sample Board Evaluation Templates 327 References 337 Index 345
Autoren-Porträt von Barry Dym, Susan Egmont, Laura Watkins
Barry Dym, Ph.D., is Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership. During his wide-ranging career, Dr. Dym has been an organization development consultant, executive coach, psychotherapist, entrepreneur, author, researcher, and teacher. Currently, Dr. Dym is the Executive Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Management at the Boston University School of Management. As a consultant, Dr. Dym specializes in executive coaching and team building; strategic planning and implementation; aligning strategic direction with organizational capabilities; and the management of change and key organizational transitions. He has founded and directed three other organizations--The Family Institute of Cambridge, The Boston Center for Family Health, and WorkWise Research and Consulting--and a journal, Family Systems Medicine. He has served on and advised many boards of directors. Dr. Dym has written four books--Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations, Leadership Transitions, Couples, and Readiness, and Change in Couple Therapy--and many articles, including "Utilizing States of Organizational Readiness" (OD Practitioner), winner of the Larry Porter Prize as the best article on organizational development, 1998-1999, "Resistance in Organizations: How to Recognize, Understand and Respond to It," "Integrating Entrepreneurship with Professional Leadership," and "Forays: The Power of Small Changes." Dr. Dym received his A.B. and his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Harvard Five-Year Prize Fellowship. Susan Egmont is principal of Egmont Associates, an executive search firm for nonprofit organizations and for corporations, foundations, and academic centers with nonprofit interests. She has more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit management, including youth development, education, workforce development, healthcare, children's issues, the arts, and in organizations fighting hunger and
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poverty. Susan's passion is excellence in nonprofit management and matching vital organizations with effective leaders. Her clients include foundations, academic institutions, peace and justice organizations, socially responsible investment companies and nonprofits, human service groups, community health providers, environmental coalitions, arts organizations, education reform efforts, and other nonprofits. In addition to executive transition work, Susan has consulted extensively with nonprofit organizations in board development, strategic planning, human resource issues, and program development. Susan was formerly Executive Director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts' foundation for children's health and Deputy Director of the Boston Private Industry Council. She was the director of a contemporary dance company and spent eleven years in management at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Susan holds an MBA from Emory University and is a Certified Association Executive and Certified Fund Raising Executive. She served on the founding boards of directors of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, the national professional association for nonprofit consultants and management assistance centers, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the statewide association, and Atlanta's Nonprofit Resource Center (now Georgia Center for Nonprofits). Laura Watkins is principal of Dovetail Associates, a consulting firm that provides integrated services to nonprofit organizations with a focus on strategic planning and organizational development, senior leadership transition, and executive coaching. Laura's passion is to build a nonprofit sector to sustain a healthy democracy. Her clients include organizations of all sizes, regional and national coalitions, and nonprofit boards of directors seeking to reorganize operations to achieve their mission. Dr. Watkins works with organizations to develop coalitions around shared strategic visions. The outcomes of these strategic alliances have ranged from shared facilities and administrative staff to collective purchasing, and integrated programming and training to developing joint grants and fundraising initiatives. Laura was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Patriots' Trail Girl Scout Council in Boston, Massachusetts. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for 30 years. She has served on the board of directors of Leadership America, the Children's Trust Fund, the Chamber of Commerce, Charles River Museum, and the National and Community and Service Commission. Dr. Watkins received her B.S. from the University of Missouri, MPA from George Williams College, MBA from Illinois Benedictine College, and Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Development from the Union Institute. She has directed nonprofit organizations across the country during her career. Dr. Watkins has given innumerable seminars to nonprofit organizations and taught courses in Non-Profit Management at Suffolk University and Northeastern University.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Barry Dym , Susan Egmont , Laura Watkins
- 2011, 368 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
- ISBN-10: 0137047657
- ISBN-13: 9780137047659
Sprache:
Englisch
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