Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay

Leadership

Blink

by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations

by: John Carver
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787976164/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=nonpleadcento-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=0787976164

Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results

by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results 

Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

by Kerry Patterson
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Davis' Leadership Activities for Growth

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/davis-leadership-activities-for-growth/

Delegating Authority Skills

from BusinessBalls.com
http://www.businessballs.com/delegation.htm

Devloping Leadership Skills


Devloping Leadership Skills

 

Don't Compromise “Good Overhead” (Even in Tough Times)

Low overhead does not always equate to organizational efficiency.
http://www.bridgespan.org/nonprofit-good-overhead-in-tough-times.aspx

 

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

by Travis Bradberry
Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Learning How to Be More Aware

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

Event Follow-up to Keep You Fired-Up

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/use-it-or-loose-it/

For Great Leadership, Clear Your Head

Strategy is Everything! Stopping the action is your first challenge.
http://bit.ly/K06pBx

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit

by Peter Brinckerhoff
Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit

Governance As Leadership: Reframing The Work of Nonprofit Boards

by Richard P. Chait
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards

Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility

by Harvard Business Review Paperback Series
Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)

Hiring a Nonprofit Director Step-by-Step Guide

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

 

Hiring for Emotional Intelligence

by Christina Bielaszka-DuVernay
What's needed are better interviews -- interviews that take a measure of candidates' emotional intelligence.

Hiring for Emotional Intelligence

How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way

by Roger Conners and Tom Smith

How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way

How to be More Successful with Your Brainstorming

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consutling
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/more-successful-brainstorming/

How To Ignite Creative Leadership In Your Organization

Harvard Business Review blog, May 19, 2010
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/how_to_ignite_creative_leaders.html

Identify Your Best Gifts

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/identify-your-best-gifts/

In Troubled Times, Boards Must Step Up

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

Karen's Dozen Tips to Enhance Accountability

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

by D. Quinn Mills

Leadership - How to Lead, How to Live

 

Leadership Development Methods & Tips

from BusinessBalls.com
http://www.businessballs.com/leadership.htm

Making the Connection: Leadership Skills and Emotional Intelligence

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

Manage Staff and Volunteer Turnover

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

Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-For-Profit in the 21st Century

by Peter Brinckerhoff
Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series)

Need to Make a Tough Decision?

by Karen Eber Davis of Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/make-a-tough-decision/

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Principles of Leadership

from NwLink.com
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadtrn.html

ROI for Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability

by T. Ralser

ROI For Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability

Ruthless Execution: What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit the Wall

by Amir Hartman
Ruthless Execution: What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit the Wall

Sample - CEO Appraisal Tool


CEO Appraisal Tool

 

Sharing Leadership to Maximize Talent

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: Jason Saul

Social Innovation Inc.; 5 Strategies for Driving Business Growth through Social Change

STRAIGHTFORWARD: Ways to Live & Lead

by: Pam Iorio
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984649204/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=nonpleadcento-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0984649204

Ten Time Management Tips for Elephant-Sized Projects

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/10-time-management-tips/

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Personal and Professional Life

by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

The Contagion of Leadership

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

The Duplication Effect of Leadership

by Todd Smith
http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/09/14/the-duplication-effect-of-leadership/

The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management

by Board Source
The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management)

The Jossey-Bass Handbok of Nonprofit Leadership Management

by Robert D. Hermann and Associates
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management

The Little Book of Leadership Development: 50 Ways to Bring Out the Leader in Every Employee

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

The Mark of a Great Leader

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.

The Mark of a Great Leader

The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life

by Tom Ruddell
The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life

The New Nonprofit Almanac & Desk Reference

by Murray S. Weitzman
The New Nonprofit Almanac and Desk Reference: The Essential Facts and Figures for Managers, Researchers, and Volunteers

The Nonprofit Almanac 2008

by Kennard T. Wing, Thomas H. Pollak and Amy Blackwood
Nonprofit Almanac 2008

The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability

by Roger Connors and Tom Smith

The Oz Principle:  Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability

The Rise of the Creative Class

by Richard Florida
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

The State of Nonprofit America

by Lester Salamon
State of Nonprofit America

The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life

by Steve Zaffron
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

The Tipping Point

by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader. Have a Richer Life

by Stewart Friedman
Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

Twelve Things Good Bosses Believe

Harvard Business Review blog: May 28, 2010
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/12_things_that_good_bosses_bel.html

Twenty Ways to Say Thanks

by Karen Eber Davis, Karen Eber Davis Consulting
http://www.kedconsult.com/articles-resources/20-ways-to-say-thanks/

Uncharitable

by Dan Pallotta
Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)

Ventureneer - Tool for Nonprofit Leaders

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/

Work: Making a Living and Making a Life

by Joshua Halberstam
Work: Making a Living

You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader

by Mark Sanborn
You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference

Your Future: At What Are You Really, Really Good?

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.

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Pro Bono Legal Assistance

Local law firm is offering a limited number of pro bono legal services to nonprofits in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk counties. Learn more

Comic Relief

Comic Relief Archive for Nonprofits: Funding cuts getting you down? Is your strategic planning session going badly? When it's time to lighten up, you'll want to go to this archive of cartoons and find the one that suits your headache du jour!