Review: The First 90 Days

Review By Jason Baumgarten

Common sense advice for how to survive the launch into a new leadership role.

Review: Trustees of Culture

Review By Frances Philipps

Are elite boards getting out of touch with their organizations' true purpose?

Review: Leading Quietly

Review By Colleen Anne McCarthy

How middle managers can walk tall.

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: Toxic Emotions at Work

Review By Eric Westendorf

Organizations need to get better at talking about feelings.

Review: Leading Teams

Review By Jason Baumgarten

Baumgarten offers strategies for creating team success.

Review: What’s the Big Idea?

Review By Caroline Simard

The authors offer advice on how to spot and move on bright ideas.

Review: A Company of Citizens

Review By Heidi Natkin

The answers to a motivated workforce may lie in ancient Greece.

Review: Living, Leading, and the American Dream

Review By Bruce Sievers

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.