Journal for Nonprofit Management
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Journal for Nonprofit Management
Effective Approaches to Leadership Development
Volume 12 Number 1 2008
Three of the following articles offer complimentary perspectives on board development and the relation between the executive director and board chair. The final two present an assessment of what needs to change about current leadership development offerings and an overview of the benefits and process of coaching for executive directors. We invite your comments about the current articles and your own articles for inclusion in future editions. Details about submission are on the inside title page of the Journal.
Developing Leadership on Boards of Directors
Summarizing the results of a Governance Matters study of fifteen exemplary nonprofits, Barbara S. Miller and Jeanne Bergman provide important insights into how boards create a culture of leadership and transform themselves into an active, engaged, and knowledgeable team � one that can guide a nonprofit organization to anticipate and respond to the myriad challenges in the sector today.
The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship:
Dynamics That Create Value for Non-Profit Organizations
Mary Hiland shows how nurturing the relationship and establishing and sustaining trust between the board chair and the executive director is strategic work essential to organizational effectiveness. The importance of connection, caring and meaning should not be lost in an over-emphasis on more business-like practices and claims of harried busyness. The potential to leverage the board chair-executive director relationship and increase nonprofit organizations� stock of meaningful, productive relationships is great and unrealized.
Fostering Effective Relationships among Nonprofit Boards
and Executive Directors
In a study of nonprofits in Kentucky, Jodie Butler Markey and Dwight V. Denison identify key factors that contribute to the board chair and executive director relationship. Those factors include the length of time that the executive director has worked for an organization and the number of hours per week that the executive director communicates with board members.
So Many Leadership Programs, So Little Change:
Why Many Leadership Development Efforts Fall Short
Too many seminars billed as executive leadership are really basic skill building endeavors that do not develop leadership potential. Mary Genis suggests how to shift the focus to leadership capacity building and utilize the best practices of adult education.
Coaching Strengthens Nonprofit Leaders and Their Organizations
Carolyn J. Curran answers some key questions about coaching such as: why is there a discrepancy between interest in, and practice of, coaching; what is the difference between coaching and consulting; when is a nonprofit leader ready for coaching; what happens in a coaching session; how can coaching top executives impact a whole organization; and how to pay for coaching.
© 2008 by the Support Center for Nonprofit Management.
For more information contact the Journal editor, John Vogelsang: jv@supportcenteronline.org | 212-924-6744 Ext. 308
Other Articles
In 2007 The Support Center was featured in:
New York Times:
The Helper's Helper: Where Nonprofits Turn
Advancing Philanthropy: Under Temporary New Management
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An Evaluation Myth: Evaluation is Too Expensive
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Developing Resources of the Community for the Community
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Effective Fund Raising for Human Service Organizations
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Executive Transitions: Nonprofit and Grantmaker Opportunities
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Fostering Sustainable Collaborative Relationships
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Futuring: A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach to Strategic Planning
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Making the Most of the Internal Interim Directorship
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Strengthening Boards of Nonprofit Organizations
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Values Based Organization Development
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