Description
An ideal resource for students and professionals, this comprehensive reader offers a diverse collection of the foremost writings on leadership and management in the public and nonprofit sectors. The book includes previously published essays, articles and extracts from leading books and periodicals, framed and vetted by author and professor James L. Perry.
The anthology covers a wide range of topics, offering a third sector perspective on the general leadership questions essential to any manager--principles and practices of leadership, organizational change, corporate culture, communication, efficiency, ethics--as well as issues unique to public and nonprofit organizations--understanding leadership roles in the nonprofit world, founder vs. ED relationships, board leadership, alternative and collaborative leadership, strategic management, sustainability, and the future of leadership.
Praise for The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership:
"The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership is the most comprehensive collection of essays on leadership available. It should be required reading for all of those who teach, practice and are students of the art and science of leadership."
?Stephen E. Condrey, University of Georgia
"This collection of short and readable pieces will be very valuable for students and practitioners of public and nonprofit leadership."
?Michael O'Neill, professor of nonprofit management, School of Business and Professional Studies, University of San Francisco
"James Perry has provided a very valuable tool for nonprofit and public sector leaders. This collection represents the very best lessons for leaders, from John Gardner to Kouzes and Posner. The clear structuring and framing of the articles makes this a perfect handbook for nonprofit and public sector leaders of all types."
?Ronald E. Riggio, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology Director, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
"Jim Perry brings together in a single volume much of the best writing on leadership theory and leadership 'doing.' For anyone interested in the attributes and practice of leadership, this is the book, looking back at what's been proven effective and forward to what's needed in the next generation of leaders."
?Timothy L. Seiler, director, The Fund Raising School, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Table of Contents
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Foreword. Preface. About the Editor. Part I: Aspirations for Leaders in the Nonprofit and Public Sectors. 1 What Is Leadership (Max DePree). 2 The Tasks of Leadership (John W. Gardner). 3 The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner). 4 How Leaders Are Grown: The Lessons of Example and Experience (Ray Blunt). 5 Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence (John Carver). Part II: Leadership Theories for the Nonprofit and Public Sectors. 6 Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment (Montgomery Van Wart). 7 Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development (Jim Keddy). 8 Practicing Servant Leadership (Larry C. Spears). 9 Share Leadership (Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant). 10 Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box (Ann Marie Thomson and James L. Perry). Part III: Key Leadership Skills. Conceptual Skills. 11 The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning Approach for Nonprofit Organizations (John M. Bryson). 12 Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits (Jeffrey L. Bardach, Thomas J. Tierney, and