The Nonprofit Leadership Team: Building the Board-Executive Director Partnership / Edition 1

by Fisher Howe

Overview

The Nonprofit Leadership Team is written for nonprofit executive directors and CEOs, senior staff, board members and nonprofit consultants. It focuses on the key leadership team— the board and its chair and the executive director— and shows how the consitituents can work in partnership to lead an effective, healthy organization.

In this important book, Fisher Howe, an expert on the topic of nonprofit leadership, covers every aspect of leading an organization as a team. He clearly shows what the board expects of the executive and what the executive expects of the board and the individual members, examines the working relationship among them, and demonstrates how the leadership team deals with specific responsibilities and challenges.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787959500
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/03/2003
Series:	Jossey-Bass Leadership Series , #161
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.28(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Fisher Howe is a consultant for nonprofit organizations with the Washington, D.C., firm of Lavender/Howe & Associates. Among other positions in nonprofit organizations, he has held the position of assistant dean and executive director of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Board Member's Guide to Fund Raising, Welcome to the Board: Your Guide to Effective Participation, and The Board Member’s Guide to Strategic Planning, all from Jossey-Bass.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
William H. Luers

Preface xiii

The Author xix

Part One: The Qualities of Shared Leadership 1

1. What a Board Expects of the Executive 3

2. What an Executive Expects of the Board 9

3. What Board Members and the Executive Expect of the Chair 13

4. The Importance and Challenges of Personal Relationships 17

Part Two: The Responsibilities of Shared Leadership 23

5. Hiring and Evaluating the Executives 29

6. The Mission, Vision, and Strategic Planning 37

7. Program Direction, Oversight, and Support 43

8. Financial Management and Governance 51

9. Marketing, Promotion, and Public Relations 61

10. Fund Raising 65

11. Enhancing Board Effectiveness 81

12. Administrative Activities 97

Part Three: The Special Challenges of Shared Leadership 101

13. Program Evaluation 103

14. Information and Communication Technoligies 113

15. Exploring Different Governance and Management Concepts 127

16. Using Consultants 139

17. Special Challenges Facing the Leadership Team 147

18. Accountability 153

Conclusion 159

Resources 161

A. CompassPoint Board-Staff "Contract" for Financial Accountability 163

B. Committee on Trustees or Governance Committee: Sample Terms of Reference 169

C. Board Self-Assessment for Nonprofit Organizations: Some Guiding Principles 171

D. ePhilanthropy Code of Ethical Online Philanthropic Practices 173

E. BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charitable Accountability 177

References 185

Index 189

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This splendid book is a must-read bible for leaders of anynonprofit enterprise that hopes to thrive in the twenty-firstCentury. Fisher Howe, legendary counselor to nonprofits acrossAmerica, here illuminates the nature of successful leadership inthe complex world of nonprofit management. His knowledge ofnonprofit organizations is boundless, and he writes with memorablewisdom, insight, and clarity. A natural storyteller and a masterfulorganizer of topics, Howe shares a trove of examples, anecdotes,and experiences to reveal the challenges and opportunities of eachimportant aspect of nonprofit management."
— Kevin Klose, president and CEO, National Public Radio

"Fisher's book should be on the desk of all those on, ordesirous to be on, the management team of a nonprofit organization.Constant consultation will remind them of the pitfalls, so oftenforgotten in the active pursuit of one objective, that couldadversely affect the enterprise as a whole. The book also containsan understandable description of ICT and its necessary applicationsas tools of information and communication in management."
— Francis H. Burr, former member, Harvard UniversityCorporation and former president, Massachusetts GeneralHospital

"Fisher Howe knows the challenges that leadership teamsface— from fundraising to finance, from marketing toinformation technology. Anyone accepting a board membership or anappointment as a nonprofit chief executive should make TheNonprofit Leadership Team his or her first reading assignment. It'sgreat preparation for the challenges ahead."
— Walter Harrison, president, University of Hartford

"Fisher Howe's book is essential reading for nonprofitexecutives, board chairs, and board members. It is clear and usefulguide regarding the respective roles of the board and theexecutive, best practices in nonprofit governance, and innovationsin the field of nonprofit capacity-building."
— Alice Korngold, president and CEO, Business VolunteersUnlimited

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a quick read and would help a new Director and Board establish a healthy partnership." (Charity Channel, 5/17/2004)

From the Publisher