Executive Directors Guide

Better Leaders, Better Nonprofits, a Better World

The Guide for Successful Nonprofit Management

The Executive Directors Guide: The Guide for Successful Nonprofit Management is loaded with practical, real-world information to help executive directors create and sustain healthy, effective organizations. The guide also includes examples and advice on collaborating to build a robust nonprofit sector.

The how-to publication is inspired by the Executive Directors Guide published by the United Way of Massachusetts Bay over 20 years ago. It retains the original’s emphasis on leading with a view to maximizing stakeholder participation in vision creation, strategy development, decision making and implementation. 

Download a free sample chapter from the Executive Directors Guide on nonprofit executive leadership, which discusses:

• The concept of leadership
• Various leadership competencies, styles, and models
• Participatory, partnership-based leadership
• The role of self-reflection in leadership
• Maintaining a work-life balance that helps you lead successfully

What's Inside: Leadership, Mission, Vision, and Values, Program Development, Evaluation, Strategic Planning and Thinking, Governance, Fund Development, Public Relations, Community Development and Government Relations, Human Resources, Financial Management, Technology Planning, and Managing Change.

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