Mission Based Management : Leading Your Not for Profit into the 21st Century [Hardcover]

Peter C. Brinckerhoff (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471296910 | ISBN-13: 978-0471296911 | Publication Date: February 27, 1998 | Edition: 1

Mission-Based Management

Leading Your Not-for-Profit into the 21ST Century

By Peter C. Brinckerhoff

Mission-Based Management is the one book that every leader of a not-for-profit organization will want to have. It will provide benefits you can put to work immediately to help your organization and to make your job more satisfying and productive.

Here is what others say:

"I have worked with Peter Brinckerhoff on how to lead organizations using his excellent management techniques. His insights are marvelous. Mission-Based Management will be a terrific resource."—Sue Suter, former Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Commission, U.S. Department of Education, Board Member, World Institute of Disabilities, and Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

"Brinckerhoff demonstrates remarkable insight into the needs, functions, and output of not-for-profit agencies. He is uniquely practical and pointed with his recommendations based upon institutional missions. I find Brinckerhoff's comments of immense help in achieving our mission here."—Thomas A. Mackey, RNC, PhD, Clinical Director, University of Texas Nursing Services and Employee Health Services

"At last, a book by Peter Brinckerhoff! Mission-Based Management will serve as a reference and guide for not-for-profit administrators who do not have the luxury of consulting Peter on a daily basis to access his sage advice and keen insights. He has consistently found fresh, innovative, but logical resolutions for our seemingly insurmountable problems."—W. Winfield McChord, Jr., Executive Director, The American School for the Deaf

Mission-Based Management

Leading Your Not-for-Profit into the 21ST Century

Mission-Based Management is the definitive text for the leaders of not-for-profit organizations.

You will learn:

• Nine key characteristics of a successful not-for-profit
• Six basic tenets of successfully managing staff
• Nine policy controls that let you sleep at night
• Five keys to recruiting and retain the board members you want
• Seven future trends sure to impact not-for-profits over the coming years
• Five characteristics an organization must have to be financially empowered
• Ten biggest mistakes not-for-profits make in planning and much, much more in 15 jam-packed chapters.

Peter C. Brinckerhoff, noted consultant to not-for-profits, not only tells how and why—he also gives examples and practical hands-on techniques you can use immediately.

Mission-Based Management is the essential guide and a comprehensive reference for the management of not-for-profit organizations. You will turn to this book again and again.

Peter is the author of two award-winning books, Mission-Based Management and Financial Empowerment, also published by Wiley. His newest book, Mission-Based Marketing, was released in September 1997. Peter's books are used as the core texts in over 50 graduate and undergraduate university programs in nonprofit management. Peter's articles have been published in Advancing Philanthropy, NonProfit World, Strategic Governance, The Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Communications, and The Grantsmanship Center News.

Peter received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Master's of Public Health Administration from Tulane. He is a former VISTA Volunteer, and has served as a staff member, Executive Director, board member, and volunteer for numerous local, state, and national not-for-profits. Peter lives in Springfield, Illinois with his wife Chris and their three children, Ben, Adam, and Caitlin.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Today's nonprofit managers must juggle many responsibilities, including meeting the changing needs of the community, securing the funding to make ends meet, and responding to the often conflicting demands of founders, clientele, staff, and trustees. This core volume in the widely respected Mission-Based Management Series, provides a comprehensive plan for successfully meeting all of these challenges, all the while, remaining true to the overall mission of the organization.

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Mission-Based Management Leading Your Not-For-Profit Into the 21^st Century Mission-Based Management is the definitive text for the leaders of not-for-profit organizations. You will learn: Nine key characteristics of a successful not-for-profit Six basic tenets of successfully managing staff Nine policy controls that let you sleep at night Five keys to recruiting and retaining the board members you want Seven future trends sure to impact not-for-profits over the coming years Five characteristics an organization must have to be financially empowered Ten biggest mistakes not-for-profits make in planning and much, much more in 15 jampacked chapters. Peter C. Brinckerhoff, noted consultant to not-for-profits, not only tells how and why — he also gives examples and practical hands-on techniques you can use immediately. Mission-Based Management is the essential guide and a comprehensive reference for the management of not-for-profit organizations. You will turn to this book again and again.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471296910
• ISBN-13: 978-0471296911
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,545,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Brinckerhoff has spent his entire adult life working in, around, and for not-for-profits. He is dedicated to the concept that a not-for-profit organization is a mission-based business, in the business of doing its mission.

When Peter formed his firm, Corporate Alternatives, inc. in 1982 it was the first consulting and training company in the United States dedicated exclusively to the management concerns of 501(c) (3) organizations.

A former VISTA Volunteer, Peter knows how not-for-profits work from his experience as a volunteer, his work as a staff member and later as executive director of two regional not-for-profits, and from his service on numerous state, local, and national not-for-profit boards. He brings this understanding of the many perspectives in a not-for-profit organization to his work.

Peter is an award-winning author, with eight books and two workbooks in print, and over 60 articles published in the not-for-profit press. Three of his books, Mission-Based Management, Financial Empowerment and his newest, Generations, The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit, each won the prestigious Terry McAdam Award from the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. The award is given for "The Best New Nonprofit Book" each year. He is the only author to win the award multiple times. Peter's books are used as texts in courses at the undergraduate and graduate nonprofit management programs in over 100 colleges and universities worldwide.

Peter is also a highly acclaimed speaker and lecturer, presenting his ideas on how to make not-for-profits more effective to dozens of audiences across the United States as well as overseas each year.

From 2003-2007, Peter was an Adjunct Professor of Nonprofit Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He taught the core graduate course in the Nonprofit Management program at Kellogg. In addition, Peter has guest lectured at the graduate level at Boston University, University of Colorado, University of Illinois, and Vanderbilt University.

Peter received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Master's Degree in Public Health Administration from Tulane University. Raised in Connecticut, Peter and his family lived in Springfield, IL from 1977-2007. Peter and his wife now call Union Hall, VA home.

Peter can be contacted by email at [e-mail]

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Original!, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Mission Based Management : Leading Your Not for Profit into the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Mission Based Management clearly focuses the reader on the steps that must be taken for a not-for-profit organization to become a high performance entity. This book should mandatory reading for every Board member and staff of a not-for-profit organization.

When the Board and staff understand that all decisions should be made entirely from the prespective of how that decision will impact the mission of the organization, the purpose for which the organization was founded will be fulfilled.