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The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership
(Author), James L. Perry (Edited by), James M. Kouzes (Foreword by)
9780470479490, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 12 January 2010
688 pages
22.6 x 14.5 x 3.8 cm, 0.885 kg
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
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 2 The Tasks of Leadership 11 3 The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 25 4 How Leaders Are Grown: The Lessons of Example and Experience 38 5 Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence 55 Part Two: Leadership Theories for the Nonprofit and Public Sectors 69 6 Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment 73 7 Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development 108 8 Practicing Servant-Leadership 116 9 Share Leadership 124 10 Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box 150 Part Three: Key Leadership Skills 177 Conceptual Skills 11 The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning Approach for Nonprofit Organizations183 12 Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits 222 13 Performance Leadership: Eleven Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance 239 14 The Learning Leader as Culture Manager 276 15 Maintaining Trust Through Integrity 293 16 Administrative Responsibility: The Key to Administrative Ethics 305 Human Skills 17 Empowering People to Lead 332 18 Enlist Others: Attracting People to Common Purposes 346 19 Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Leaders 371 20 Negotiating for the Public Good 378 Technical Skills 21 Seeing Your Way: Why Leaders Must Communicate Their Visions 400 22 Seven Communication Tips an Effective Leader Must Have 409 23 Nonprofits and Evaluation: Managing Expectations from the Leader’s Perspective 419 Part Four: The Next Generation of Leaders and Leadership 445 24 Sustaining Impact 451 25 Characteristics of Leadership Effectiveness: Implementing Change and Driving Innovation inOrganizations 479 26 Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector ∗ 502 27 The Changing of the Guard: What Generational Differences Tell Us About Social-ChangeOrganizations 522 28 Into the Fire: Boards and Executive Transitions 532 29 Leadership and Leading: Leadership Challenges 546 30 Understanding the Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit 551 31 TheNexusEffect:WhenLeadersSpanGroup Boundaries 561 32 The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First Century 570 33 New Models of Public Leadership 586 34 Ties That Bind 594 Name Index 623 Subject Index 639
Max DePree
John W. Gardner
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
Ray Blunt
John Carver
Montgomery Van Wart
Jim Keddy
Larry C. Spears
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant
Ann Marie Thomson, James L. Perry
John M. Bryson
Jeffrey L. Bradach, Thomas J. Tierney, Nancy Stone
Robert D. Behn
Edgar H. Schein
Warren Bennis, Joan Goldsmith
Terry L. Cooper
Bill George
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Lisa Blomgren Bingham
Talula Cartwright, David Baldwin
William F. Kumuyi
Salavatore P. Alaimo
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant
Ann Gilley, Pamela Dixon, Jerry W. Gilley
Sandford Borins
Frances Kunreuther
Michael Allison
Marcia Marsh
Thomas J. Tierney
Jeffrey Yip, Serena Wong, Christopher Ernst
Leslie Lenkowsky
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Barbara Kellerman
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
