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
Sources xi
Foreword xvii
Preface xxiii
About the Editor xxvii
Part One: Aspirations for Leaders in the Nonprofit and Public Sectors 1
1 What Is Leadership? 5
Max DePree
2 The Tasks of Leadership 11
John W. Gardner
3 The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 25
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
4 How Leaders Are Grown: The Lessons of Example and Experience 38
Ray Blunt
5 Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence 55
John Carver
Part Two: Leadership Theories for the Nonprofit and Public Sectors 69
6 Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment 73
Montgomery Van Wart
7 Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development 108
Jim Keddy
8 Practicing Servant-Leadership 116
Larry C. Spears
9 Share Leadership 124
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant
10 Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box 150
Ann Marie Thomson, James L. Perry
Part Three: Key Leadership Skills 177
Conceptual Skills
11 The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning Approach for Nonprofit Organizations183
John M. Bryson
12 Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits 222
Jeffrey L. Bradach, Thomas J. Tierney, Nancy Stone
13 Performance Leadership: Eleven Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance 239
Robert D. Behn
14 The Learning Leader as Culture Manager 276
Edgar H. Schein
15 Maintaining Trust Through Integrity 293
Warren Bennis, Joan Goldsmith
16 Administrative Responsibility: The Key to Administrative Ethics 305
Terry L. Cooper
Human Skills
17 Empowering People to Lead 332
Bill George
18 Enlist Others: Attracting People to Common Purposes 346
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
19 Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Leaders 371
R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
20 Negotiating for the Public Good 378
Lisa Blomgren Bingham
Technical Skills
21 Seeing Your Way: Why Leaders Must Communicate Their Visions 400
Talula Cartwright, David Baldwin
22 Seven Communication Tips an Effective Leader Must Have 409
William F. Kumuyi
23 Nonprofits and Evaluation: Managing Expectations from the Leader’s Perspective 419
Salavatore P. Alaimo
Part Four: The Next Generation of Leaders and Leadership 445
24 Sustaining Impact 451
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant
25 Characteristics of Leadership Effectiveness: Implementing Change and Driving Innovation inOrganizations 479
Ann Gilley, Pamela Dixon, Jerry W. Gilley
26 Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector ∗ 502
Sandford Borins
27 The Changing of the Guard: What Generational Differences Tell Us About Social-ChangeOrganizations 522
Frances Kunreuther
28 Into the Fire: Boards and Executive Transitions 532
Michael Allison
29 Leadership and Leading: Leadership Challenges 546
Marcia Marsh
30 Understanding the Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit 551
Thomas J. Tierney
31 TheNexusEffect:WhenLeadersSpanGroup Boundaries 561
Jeffrey Yip, Serena Wong, Christopher Ernst
32 The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First Century 570
Leslie Lenkowsky
33 New Models of Public Leadership 586
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
34 Ties That Bind 594
Barbara Kellerman
Name Index 623
Subject Index 639
