by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results
by Kerry Patterson
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/davis-leadership-activities-for-growth/
from BusinessBalls.com
http://www.businessballs.com/delegation.htm
Low overhead does not always equate to organizational efficiency.
http://www.bridgespan.org/nonprofit-good-overhead-in-tough-times.aspx
by Travis Bradberry
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
by Mind Tools
Look at why emotional intelligence is so important -- and how you, as a leader, can improve yours.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Learning How to Be More Aware
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/use-it-or-loose-it/
Strategy is Everything! Stopping the action is your first challenge.
http://bit.ly/K06pBx
by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
by Peter Brinckerhoff
Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit
by Richard P. Chait
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards
by Harvard Business Review Paperback Series
Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)
A Step-By-Step Guide to Hire a Director for a Nonprofit Agency written by Kurt J. Jenne and Margaret Henderson
Hiring a Nonprofit Director Step-by-Step Guide
by Christina Bielaszka-DuVernay
What's needed are better interviews -- interviews that take a measure of candidates' emotional intelligence.
Hiring for Emotional Intelligence
by Roger Conners and Tom Smith
How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consutling
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/more-successful-brainstorming/
Harvard Business Review blog, May 19, 2010
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/how_to_ignite_creative_leaders.html
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/identify-your-best-gifts/
Create a balance of grounding and stargazing to address key challenges.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/in_troubled_times_boards_must.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/karens-dozen-tips-to-enhance-accountability/
Leadership - How to Lead, How to Live
from BusinessBalls.com
http://www.businessballs.com/leadership.htm
by Marian Ruderman, Kelly Hannum, Jean Brittain Leslie and Judith Steed
There is growing evidence that the range of abilities that constitutes what is now commonly known as emotional intelligence plays a key role in determining success in life and in the workplace.
Making the Connection: Leadership Skills and Emotional Intelligence
Written by Sumac Research. Staff and volunteers, no matter how much they care, can burn out if they're exhausted, overwhelmed, or under-appreciated. As a nonprofit manager, you can help your staff and volunteers avoid burnout.
http://sumac.com/manage-staff-and-volunteer-turnover
by Peter Brinckerhoff
Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)
by Karen Eber Davis of Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/make-a-tough-decision/
by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
from NwLink.com
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadtrn.html
ROI For Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability
by Amir Hartman
Ruthless Execution: What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit the Wall
Harvard Business Review blog, May 26, 2010
Sharing Leadership to Maximize Talent
Social Innovation Inc.; 5 Strategies for Driving Business Growth through Social Change
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/10-time-management-tips/
by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
How holding your organization or companies mission at the center can help one better manage times of crisis.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/the_contagion_of_leadersh.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29
by Todd Smith
http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/09/14/the-duplication-effect-of-leadership/
by Board Source
The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management)
by Robert D. Hermann and Associates
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management
by: Scott J. Allen
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081441754X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=nonpleadcento-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=081441754X
by Marshall Goldsmith
An organization's success today depends on such a variety of talents and skills that no one leader could possibly be gifted in simultaneously.
by Tom Ruddell
The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life
by Murray S. Weitzman
The New Nonprofit Almanac and Desk Reference: The Essential Facts and Figures for Managers, Researchers, and Volunteers
by Kennard T. Wing, Thomas H. Pollak and Amy Blackwood
Nonprofit Almanac 2008
by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
by Richard Florida
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
by Lester Salamon
State of Nonprofit America
by Steve Zaffron
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Stewart Friedman
Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
Harvard Business Review blog: May 28, 2010
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/12_things_that_good_bosses_bel.html
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/20-ways-to-say-thanks/
by Dan Pallotta
Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)
Ventureneer is an online peer learning service which offers online learning tools, including interactive classes, free web events, blogs and articles, to support nonprofits, social enterprises, and small businesses so that leaders are able to make better strategic decisions for these organizations.
http://www.ventureneer.com/
by Joshua Halberstam
Work: Making a Living
by Mark Sanborn
You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference
by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/your-organizations-future/
Note that not all resources will be appropriate to all organizations, nor does Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay warrant the accuracy or availability of any of the listed resources or their applications to individual agencies.