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Book Synopsis
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:
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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

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9780470479490, 978-0470479490
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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:
      <

      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

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