Howe Fisher, Olivier Tessier

The Nonprofit Leadership Team

Building the Board-Executive Director Partnership

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Produktbeschreibung

The Nonprofit Leadership Team is written for nonprofitexecutive directors and CEOs, senior staff, board members andnonprofit consultants. It focuses on the key leadership team-the board and its chair and the executive director- and showshow the consitituents can work in partnership to lead an effective,healthy organization.
In this important book, Fisher Howe, an expert on the topic ofnonprofit leadership, covers every aspect of leading anorganization as a team. He clearly shows what the board expects ofthe executive and what the executive expects of the board and theindividual members, examines the working relationship among them,and demonstrates how the leadership team deals with specificresponsibilities and challenges.
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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780787959500
• ISBN-10: 0787959502
• Artikelnr.: 10531021

Autorenporträt

Fisher Howe is a consultant for nonprofit organizations with the Washington, D.C., firm of Lavender/Howe & Associates. Among other positions in nonprofit organizations, he has held the position of assistant dean and executive director of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Board Member's Guide to Fund Raising, Welcome to the Board: Your Guide to Effective Participation, and The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning, all from Jossey-Bass.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
William H. Luers
Preface xiii
The Author xix
Part One: The Qualities of Shared Leadership 1
1. What a Board Expects of the Executive 3
2. What an Executive Expects of the Board 9
3. What Board Members and the Executive Expect of the Chair 13
4. The Importance and Challenges of Personal Relationships 17
Part Two: The Responsibilities of Shared Leadership 23
5. Hiring and Evaluating the Executives 29
6. The Mission, Vision, and Strategic Planning 37
7. Program Direction, Oversight, and Support 43
8. Financial Management and Governance 51
9. Marketing, Promotion, and Public Relations 61
10. Fund Raising 65
11. Enhancing Board Effectiveness 81
12. Administrative Activities 97
Part Three: The Special Challenges of Shared Leadership 101
13. Program Evaluation 103
14. Information and Communication Technoligies 113
15. Exploring Different Governance and Management Concepts 127
16. Using Consultants 139
17. Special Challenges Facing the Leadership Team 147
18. Accountability 153
Conclusion 159
Resources 161
A. CompassPoint Board-Staff "Contract" for Financial Accountability 163
B. Committee on Trustees or Governance Committee: Sample Terms of Reference
169
C. Board Self-Assessment for Nonprofit Organizations: Some Guiding
Principles 171
D. ePhilanthropy Code of Ethical Online Philanthropic Practices 173
E. BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charitable Accountability 177
References 185
Index 189

Rezensionen

"This book is a quick read and would help a new Director and Board establish a healthy partnership." ( Charity Channel , 5/17/2004)