Bully! The Scourge of Nonprofit Boards, and What to Do About It
How to handle the nonprofit board ogre.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
Podcast
Robert Sutton - Building a Civilized Workplace
How do you spot an asshole in the workplace—or figure out whether you might be one? Robert Sutton, author of the best-selling book, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't, provides a sure-fire test and offers tips for keeping your "inner jerk" from rearing its ugly head on the job. Drawing on serious research and analysis, Sutton shows his Stanford 2007 Nonprofit Management Institute audience how managers can eliminate mean-spirited and unproductive behavior.
R U Ready 2 Lead?
To weather the impending crisis in nonprofit leadership, we must mentor young talent.
The Leadership Gap and Technology Gap Working Together for Good?
Using technology to retain organizational knowledge could help nonprofits weather the impending leadership gap.
Review: The Power of Unreasonable People
Who are social entrepreneurs and why does what they do matter?
More Bang for the Buck
In virtually every for-profit industry, success hinges on producing more goods or services at a lower cost without compromising quality. But increasing productivity can work in the nonprofit world, too, as an examination of three healthy nonprofits shows.
Innovating the White House
How the next president of the United States can spur social entrepreneurship.
Coming to Terms With the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
As Baby Boomers retire, we need to think about how the next generation of nonprofit leaders will be different.
Review
Podcast
Charles Handy - The New Philanthropists
In Britain, something is happening that hasn't for 100 years. More people are becoming incredibly wealthy, not only through inheritance, but also because of their own hard work. A phenomenon on this scale has not happened since the Victorian industrialists. In this audio lecture, Philosopher Charles Handy tells his 2007 Skoll World Forum audience about entrepreneurs who put their energies into meeting some perceived social need—something that government never gets around to and that private enterprise typically doesn't see a market for.