Meeting the Job Challenges of Nonprofit Leaders: A Fieldbook on Strategies and Actions

Preface

Successful nonprofit leaders, much like those occupying leadership positions in other sectors, possess some distinct but often interconnected abilities: leadership skills, managerial acumen, and technical or subject-matter expertise. In many ways these three components can serve as the “three-legged stool” of support for those leaders who are attempting to set directions, create alignment, and maintain commitment in their organizations and ultimately throughout the sector.

Consistently mission-driven, nonprofit leaders come to their positions with a high degree of passion, creativity, and energy. While they are eager to achieve both organizational and personal goals, they are often taken aback by the complexity of the challenges that ...