The executive director's survival guide : thriving as a nonprofit leader /
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| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
[2003]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass nonprofit and public management series.
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Table of Contents:
- Finding your way as executive director
- Succeeding in this big job
- What are the roles and responsibilities of an executive director?
- What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
- When should an executive director lead, manage, or support others?
- Developing as an executive director
- How does an executive director find the time for professional development, and what opportunities are available?
- What is an executive coach and how does an executive director find one?
- How does mentoring work for an executive director, and who makes a good mentor?
- When the going gets really tough, how does an executive director stay inspired ?
- Finding balance in the role of executive director
- Why are executive directors so susceptible to burnout?
- How can I find balance as an executive director?
- How do I set boundaries on my work life so I still have a personal life?
- Where do I find the time to do everything an executive director has to do and prioritize all my tasks?
- How can an executive director delegate when everyone is already busy?
- Executive director as visionary
- Understanding nonprofit organizational culture
- What does organizational culture mean?
- How does understanding the organization's culture make the executive director more effective?
- How does an executive director determine what the organization's culture is?
- What are some strategies for changing or moving an organization's culture to where it needs to be in order to be successful?
- Creating and sustaining a vision
- What is a vision and why is it important?
- What are ways for an executive director to articulate and develop a shared organizational vision?
- Why is planning important to the vision process in a nonprofit, and what is the executive director's role in this process?
- If you're always in crisis or catch-up mode as an executive director, how do you find time to plan?
- Determining organizational effectiveness
- What does an effective nonprofit organization look like?
- How soon after starting should the executive director start to examine the organization's effectiveness?
- How does an executive director tie personal performance and effectiveness to that of the organization?
- What happens if the board and executive director determine the organization is no longer effective?
- Executive director as change agent
- Embracing a changing nonprofit environment
- Why is change synonymous with the identity of the nonprofit sector?
- How are the lines that have traditionally defined the business and nonprofit sectors changing?
- What are the new demands for accountability and measurable outcomes?
- Understanding changing life cycle stages in nonprofits
- What life cycle stage is my organization in?
- What skills does an executive director need in each stage?
- Leading organizational change
- How can executive directors help their nonprofits embrace a healthy change process?
- What is the executive director's role and that of the board, other staff, and volunteers in a change process?
- How soon after a new executive director is hired should a change process begin?