Winning Grants offers an accessible approach to the grant-writing process. Now in its fourth edition, this new book redefines the proven step-by-step framework to incorporate significant changes that have taken place in the grantseeking landscape since the third edition was published in 2008. It features information on the role of technology (more foundations are going paperless and conducting …
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management
This is the Third Edition of the bestselling nonprofit management reference and text called the “big green book.” Based on updated research, theory, and experience, this comprehensive edition offers practical advice on managing nonprofit organizations and addresses key aspects such as board development, strategic planning, lobbying, marketing, fundraising, volunteer management, financial management, risk management, and compensation and …
The third edition of this acclaimed resource, Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, explains the fundraising profession’s major principles, concepts, and techniques. With contributions from noted experts in the field, and filled with illustrative examples, this book demonstrates why fundraising is a strategic management discipline and clearly defines each step in the fundraising cycle. Praise for the Third …
Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change
Women and Leadership brings together in one comprehensive volume preeminent scholars from a range of disciplines to address the challenges involving women and leadership. These experts explore when and how women exercise power and what stands in their way. This groundbreaking volume offers readers an informed analysis of the state of women and leadership and offers the most …
Pushback: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want
Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourself In Pushback, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want—promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real …
Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women’s Paths to Power
New York Times Bestseller How women can make it to the top by adopting the new rules of leadership Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations a number that hasn’t changed in over 30 years. How can women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions …
The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead
Break into the power circle and build relationships that advance careers The Politics of Promotion offers women the tools and guidance they need to successfully navigate the realities of their organization, emphasizing the need to understand office politics to get the promotions and recognition they deserve. Written by Bonnie Marcus, a professional coach who focuses on helping …
The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role
This is the substantially revised edition of the classic book The Responsible Administrator the book that has guided professionals and students alike as they grapple with the challenges of making ethical, responsible decisions in real world situations. This fifth edition has been adapted to reflect current thinking and includes a new introduction as well as updated information …
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life. In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin. Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch. ‘How could …
Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 5th Edition
This revised edition of the best-selling text in the field includes a guiding framework of organizational analysis emphasizing the integration and coordination of the domains of the organization with the motivations, work attitudes, and behaviors of the people who lead them. Includes new research and practice from the US and internationally in collaboration and networks, innovation, process improvement …