Use mission-driven leadership to create dramatic growth at your nonprofit
In The Five Truths for Transformational Leaders: How Nonprofit Organizations Thrive, Grow, and Make a Profound Difference, former Chief Strategy Officer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Ed Mishrell, delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to achieve extraordinary results when leading nonprofit organizations. The author explains how to use your organization’s mission as your north star and build an exciting, growing, and thriving nonprofit.
You’ll benefit from the book’s step-by-step guidance and advice as it outlines the five key principles of mission-driven leadership. You’ll also discover incisive quotes and observations from board members and staff leaders at fast-growing nonprofit organizations you can apply to your own nonprofit for immediate results.
The book also offers:
Strategies for eliminating or repairing ineffective systems and practices that are holding your organization back Techniques for centering your nonprofit’s mission in everything it does Ways to build – and execute – a mission-driven strategy
A start-to-finish blueprint for exceptional, growth-oriented nonprofit leadership, The Five Truths for Transformational Leaders will revolutionize the work of every nonprofit board member, manager, and leader who reads it.
By:
Ed Mishrell
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781394187003
ISBN 10: 1394187009
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 June 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments xi Foreword xiii Introduction: The Origin of the Five Truths for Transformational Leaders 1 Chapter Organization 6 Background Information: The Community Centers of Mission City 7 1 Truth 1: Be Fanatical About Mission 9 Community Centers of Mission City: Board Meeting Summary 10 Three Reasons for a Fanatical Believe in Mission 16 Questions and Thoughts for Aspiring 19 Community Centers of Mission City Board Meeting One Month Later 19 Mission-Driven CPOs 22 My Mission Origin Story 23 Notes for Board Members 24 Resource Center for Truth 1 27 2 Truth 2: Fix, Stabilize, or Replace Systems, Practices, and People Who Are Not Working 29 Helen’s First Board Meeting as CPO 30 Fix and Stabilize Systems and Practices 33 Make Needed People Changes 38 Two Weeks After Helen’s First Board Meeting 40 Ruthless Leadership? 45 Community Centers of Mission City Emergency Board Meeting One Week Later 46 Caution: Solving Problems Can Be Addictive 48 Summary 49 Notes to Board Members 50 Resource Center for Truth 2 51 3 Truth 3: Establish a Mission-Driven Strategy 53 Six Months Later: Community Centers of Mission City Board Retreat 54 A Mission-Driven Strategy 57 Keeping a Mission Focus 63 Hiring Mistakes 71 On-the-Job Orientation and Training 72 Community Centers of Mission City Measurement Plan 78 Measurement Resistance 80 Operating Versus Restricted Funding 86 Community Centers of Mission City Board Meeting One Month After Board Retreat 87 Community Centers of Mission City Strategy Overview 87 Summary 90 Notes for Board Members 91 Resource Center for Truth 3 99 4 Truth 4: Execution Drives Results 101 Community Center of Mission City One Year Later 104 Relentlessly Communicate Strategy at Every Opportunity 106 Focus on What Is Most Important 109 Strategic Planning Committee Meeting to Review Operating Plan for Coming Year 109 Establish an Annual Plan with Clear Priorities, Targets, and Progress Measures 112 Community Centers of Mission City Annual Operating Plan 116 Execute the Plan 118 Ends Versus Means Goals 122 Summary 123 Notes for Board Members 124 Resource Center for Truth 4 124 5 Truth 5: Continue to Grow as a Leader 125 Let’s Start at the Beginning 126 My Leadership Journey 127 Community Centers of Mission City: Three Years Later 131 Leadership Changes 134 Four Keys to Continuously Growing as a Leader 135 Nurturing a Growth Mindset 138 Gender Differences? 140 Continue to Learn 142 Some Leaders Have a Specialty 144 Executivitis 147 Summary 147 Notes for Board Members 148 What About Succession Planning? 151 Resource Center for Truth 5 152 6 The Road Ahead: Trends and Challenges That Will Shape the Future 153 Community Centers of Mission City: Six Years Later 154 Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities 155 What Will Be Required of Leaders? 166 Developing the Next Generation of Leaders 173 Final Thoughts 174 Notes for Board Members 175 Resource Center for The Road Ahead 176 Resource Center 177 References 219 About the Author 223 Index 225
ED MISHRELL (retired) was the Chief Strategy Officer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) from 2010 to 2019. He led the development and deployment of BGCA’s strategic and operating plans. He is a sought-after speaker and presenter and has led hundreds of leadership training programs at various regional and national conferences.
