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Strong leaders rally staff, board and volunteers around the organization's mission. Developing strong leadership skills, strategies and connections will help your organization operate smoothly, adapt and grow. Resources
We've included several resources here to help your nonprofit explore various aspects of leadership.
Organizational Culture
- Built on Values - book about organizational culture by Ann Rhoades ($)
Decision Making
- Structuring Leadership: Alternative Models for Distributing Power and Decision-Making in Nonprofit Organizations - report by the Building Movement Project
- A Field Guide to Good Decisions: Values in Action - book by Mark Bennett and Joan McIver Gibson ($)
- Decisive, How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work - book by Chip Health and Dan Heath ($)
Leadership Development
- How to Develop Yourself as a Nonprofit Leader - article by The Bridgespan Group
- The Nonprofit Sector's Leadership Deficit Commentaries - report by The Bridgespan Group
- Shared Leadership and Its Implications for Nonprofit Leadership - research article in the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership by Robert L. Routhieaux, Hamline University
Succession Planning
- Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes - article by Blue Avocado
- Chief Executive Succession Planning: Essential Guidance for Boards and CEOs (2nd Edition) - Guide by Nancy R. Axelrod for BoardSource ($)
- From Enterprise Risk Management to Shared Leadership: A Different Look at Succession Planning - article by Jennifer Chandler, Nonprofit Quarterly, June 17, 2015
- Building Leaderful Organizations, Succession Planning for Nonprofits - paper by Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Exit Planning for Retiring Nonprofit CEOs - Article by BoardSource
- Nonprofit Executive Succession-Planning Toolkit - toolkit by Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Interim Executive Directors - paper by Annie E. Casey Foundation
- 5 Leadership Transition Types - article by BoardSource
Websites
- UNM Executive & Professional Education Center - certificate courses in nonprofit management; for nonprofit discounts contact Audrey Arnold
- Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, NM - for young nonprofit professionals
- All About Leadership - articles and guidelines from the Free Management Library
- Nonprofit & Philanthropy Good Practice - widely accepted and innovative nonprofit tips, research, tools