Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804796432 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Enter Bill Meehan and Kim Jonker who, in simple and lively prose, draw upon deep research and lived experience to deliver the essential field guide on how to do it right. In tackling the fundamental questionsstrategy and focus, discipline and accountabilitythe authors get to the heart of what every mission-focused leader needs to understand. Creating social impact is an art and a science, requiring investments of heart and mind. Meehan and Jonker's outstanding analysis combines the intense rigor of business strategy with the critical soft skills of courage and creativity to equip us with the toolkit necessary for transformative social change." (Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Founder, laaf, author, Giving 2.0, Founder and Chairman, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Founder and Chairman, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund)"Bill Meehan and Kim Jonker have decades of experience in rigorously evaluating what makes organizations operateor
William F. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. Together, they co-authored the popular Stanford Social Innovation Review series "Fundamentals, Not Fads." . Meehan III is the Lafayette Partners Lecturer in Strategic Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company. Kim Starkey Jonker is Pre
Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.As Good to Great author Jim Collins writes in his foreword, this book offers "a detailed roadmap of disciplined thought and action for turning a good nonprofit into one that can achieve great impact at scale."William F. Along with setting forth best practices using real-world examples, the authors outline common management challenges