Table of Contents

Sources xi

Foreword xvii

Preface xxiii

About the Editor xxvii

Part One: Aspirations for Leaders in the Nonprofit and Public Sectors 1

1 What Is Leadership? 5
Max DePree

2 The Tasks of Leadership 11
John W. Gardner

3 The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 25
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

4 How Leaders Are Grown: The Lessons of Example and Experience 38
Ray Blunt

5 Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence 55
John Carver

Part Two: Leadership Theories for the Nonprofit and Public Sectors 69

6 Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment 73
Montgomery Van Wart

7 Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development 108
Jim Keddy

8 Practicing Servant-Leadership 116
Larry C. Spears

9 Share Leadership 124
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant

10 Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box 150
Ann Marie Thomson, James L. Perry

Part Three: Key Leadership Skills 177

Conceptual Skills

11 The Strategy Change Cycle: An Effective Strategic Planning Approach for Nonprofit Organizations183
John M. Bryson

12 Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits 222
Jeffrey L. Bradach, Thomas J. Tierney, Nancy Stone

13 Performance Leadership: Eleven Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance 239
Robert D. Behn

14 The Learning Leader as Culture Manager 276
Edgar H. Schein

15 Maintaining Trust Through Integrity 293
Warren Bennis, Joan Goldsmith

16 Administrative Responsibility: The Key to Administrative Ethics 305
Terry L. Cooper

Human Skills

17 Empowering People to Lead 332
Bill George

18 Enlist Others: Attracting People to Common Purposes 346
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

19 Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Leaders 371
R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.

20 Negotiating for the Public Good 378
Lisa Blomgren Bingham

Technical Skills

21 Seeing Your Way: Why Leaders Must Communicate Their Visions 400
Talula Cartwright, David Baldwin

22 Seven Communication Tips an Effective Leader Must Have 409
William F. Kumuyi

23 Nonprofits and Evaluation: Managing Expectations from the Leader’s Perspective 419
Salavatore P. Alaimo

Part Four: The Next Generation of Leaders and Leadership 445

24 Sustaining Impact 451
Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant

25 Characteristics of Leadership Effectiveness: Implementing Change and Driving Innovation inOrganizations 479
Ann Gilley, Pamela Dixon, Jerry W. Gilley

26 Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector ∗ 502
Sandford Borins

27 The Changing of the Guard: What Generational Differences Tell Us About Social-ChangeOrganizations 522
Frances Kunreuther

28 Into the Fire: Boards and Executive Transitions 532
Michael Allison

29 Leadership and Leading: Leadership Challenges 546
Marcia Marsh

30 Understanding the Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit 551
Thomas J. Tierney

31 TheNexusEffect:WhenLeadersSpanGroup Boundaries 561
Jeffrey Yip, Serena Wong, Christopher Ernst

32 The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First Century 570
Leslie Lenkowsky

33 New Models of Public Leadership 586
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

34 Ties That Bind 594
Barbara Kellerman

Name Index 623

Subject Index 639

About the Author

The Editor James L. Perry is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Political Science at Indiana University--Bloomington, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on nonprofit leadership and public administration, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous periodicals, including the American Review of Public Administration, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Review of Public Personnel Administration.