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The Nonprofit Leadership Team: Building the Board-Executive Director Partnership (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)

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This is a wonderful book. I liked it very much much. I think a better title for it would have been either (1) Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization, or (2) The Nonprofit Organization Management Team. I say this because it is not just about the leadership team. But instead it is about both the players that manage a nonprofit and how to be good at leading AND MANAGING a nonprofit.

The book is very well written and organized. It is split into four parts:

I. The qualities of shared leadership (chapts 1-4)
II. The responsibilities of shared leadership (chapts 5-12)
III. The special challenges of shared leadership (chapts 13-18)
IV. Resources (A-E)

The chapters and resources provided are as follows:

1. What a Board expects of the Executive
2. What an Executive expects of the Board
3. What board members and the Executive expect of the Chair
4. The importance and challenges of personal relationships
5. Hiring and evaluating the Executive
6. The mission, vision, and strategic planning
7. Program direction, oversight, and support
8. Financial management and governance
9. Marketing, promotion, and public relations
10. Fundraising
11. Enhancing Board effectiveness
12. Administrative activities
13. Program evaluation
14. Information and communications technologies
15. Exploring different governance and management concepts
16. Using consultants
17. Special challenges facing the leadership team
18. Accountability
A. Board-staff "contract" for financial accountability
B. Sample terms of reference for governance committee to follow
C. Some guiding principles for nonprofit Board self-assessment
D. Code of ethical online charity practices
E. Standards for charitable accountability

So many nonprofits that come into existence are started by people who don't really know what they are doing when they form and start their "nonprofit baby." They usually know what they want to do for the good of the community or society, but they don't know how to lead and manage. They don't know what the CEO is supposed to do. They don't know who to put on their Board. They don't know what to require of their Board's members before they put them on the board. They don't know how to have the Board do what it needs to do to make the nonprofit successful.

If you think you fit the description of someone just described in the previous paragraph, then this book is for you. You will really be glad you got a copy of this book, read it, studied it, and implemented what it has to say. 5 stars!