Review: Leading Quietly
How middle managers can walk tall.
Sectors - Articles
Podcast
Council on Foundations Annual Conference - Philanthropy and Nonprofit Acountability Practices
In the field of philanthropy, are foundations' grantmaking and reporting processes aligned with nonprofits' strategies? In this panel discussion exploring data from a Center for Social Innovation study on nonprofit accountability practices and the costs of conflicting demands, experts debate ways in which evaluation requirements may help or hinder mission delivery.
Review: Leading Teams
Baumgarten offers strategies for creating team success.
Review: What’s the Big Idea?
The authors offer advice on how to spot and move on bright ideas.
Review: A Company of Citizens
The answers to a motivated workforce may lie in ancient Greece.
Review: Living, Leading, and the American Dream
Collection of essays by nonprofit leader John Gardner.
Podcast
Tom Tierney - Nonprofit Management and the Leadership Deficit
One of the biggest challenges in nonprofit management is hiring and retaining talented executive leaders. In this conversation with Stanford Social Innovation Review managing editor Eric Nee, Thomas Tierney shares findings from the Bridgespan Group's study on the "leadership deficit." Tierney talks about how this crisis is affecting nonprofits, and what organizations can do to address the problem.
Review
Going Global
The leaders of international humanitarian organizations, such as CARE and Oxfam talk candidly about management strategy, organizational goals, advocacy, accountability, and partnerships.
Review
Value Shift
The author has penned an engaging book that unravels the complicated issues surrounding business ethics.
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.