Nature's Keepers (PDF)
The Remarkable Story of How the Nature Conservancy Became the Largest Environmental Group in the World
(Sprache: Englisch)
With more than $3.7 billion in assets and annual revenue of $800million, the Nature Conservancy has generated staggering growththat would be the envy of any business.
Incorporated in 1951 by a small circle of concerned ecologists, theConservancy has...
Incorporated in 1951 by a small circle of concerned ecologists, theConservancy has...
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With more than $3.7 billion in assets and annual revenue of $800million, the Nature Conservancy has generated staggering growththat would be the envy of any business.
Incorporated in 1951 by a small circle of concerned ecologists, theConservancy has grown financially into the world's largestenvironmental organization. It has one million members--up from500,000 in 1990--and 3,500 employees operating in 50 states and 28countries across the world.
Nature's Keepers offers readers an inspirational leadershiptale and management chronicle, as it goes behind the scenes anddetails the inner workings of the Nature Conservancy. Highlightingthe efforts of nine extraordinary leaders, Nature's Keepersexamines the organization's culture and management, strategy anddecisions, and courageous and ingenious individuals who havededicated their lives to conservation.
Author Bill Birchard reveals how the Conservancy's sometimescontroversial business practices--entrepreneurial approaches topreserving ecosystems while meeting human needs--have earned thepraise of management gurus such as Peter Drucker. The Conservancy'sway of operating, though not free of failings, is both widelyemulated in the nonprofit community and greatly respected bybusiness scholars and CEOs nationwide.
Incorporated in 1951 by a small circle of concerned ecologists, theConservancy has grown financially into the world's largestenvironmental organization. It has one million members--up from500,000 in 1990--and 3,500 employees operating in 50 states and 28countries across the world.
Nature's Keepers offers readers an inspirational leadershiptale and management chronicle, as it goes behind the scenes anddetails the inner workings of the Nature Conservancy. Highlightingthe efforts of nine extraordinary leaders, Nature's Keepersexamines the organization's culture and management, strategy anddecisions, and courageous and ingenious individuals who havededicated their lives to conservation.
Author Bill Birchard reveals how the Conservancy's sometimescontroversial business practices--entrepreneurial approaches topreserving ecosystems while meeting human needs--have earned thepraise of management gurus such as Peter Drucker. The Conservancy'sway of operating, though not free of failings, is both widelyemulated in the nonprofit community and greatly respected bybusiness scholars and CEOs nationwide.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Nature's Keepers (PDF)“
PREFACE. 1. NO CRISIS UNANSWERED: How the Nature Conservancy Masters Challenges and Change. 2. THE COURAGE TO LEAD: Revamping Leadership to Renew Performance. 3. MISSION FOR LIFE: On Being Systematic, Not Opportunistic. 4. WE CAN WORK WITH YOU: The Care and Feeding of a Dynamic Culture. 5. WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE: The Road to Realizing New Ambitions. 6. THE POWER OF "WE": Engaging Every Constituency for Breakthrough Results. 7. MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS: Teaching the Organization to Work as One. 8. MANAGE THYSELF: Leadership in a Shared-Power World. 9. GLOBAL DYNAMO: Taking the Organization International. 10. THE SENATE IS CALLING: Accountability and Governance in the Face of Crisis. EPILOGUE: Unsung Heroes. AUTHOR'S NOTE. INDEX. THE AUTHOR.
Autoren-Porträt von Bill Birchard
THE AUTHORBill Birchard is a freelance journalist who has been writing about management and the environment for more than twenty-five years. His work has appeared in Chief Executive, CFO, Fast Company, Strategy + Business, and Tomorrow magazines. He has also written for the Appalachian Trail Conference, the Montana Department of State Lands, and the U.S. Forest Service. He is the coauthor of two previous books, Counting What Counts and The One-Minute Meditator. On the web, see www.natureskeepers.net.
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- Autor: Bill Birchard
- 2005, 1. Auflage, 272 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0787979236
- ISBN-13: 9780787979232
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.02.2005
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