Synopses & Reviews
Mission-Based Management
Leading Your Not-for-Profit into the 21ST Century
By Peter C. Brinckerhoff
Mission-Based Management is the one book that every leader of a not-for-profit organization will want to have. It will provide benefits you can put to work immediately to help your organization and to make your job more satisfying and productive.
Here is what others say:
"I have worked with Peter Brinckerhoff on how to lead organizations using his excellent management techniques. His insights are marvelous. Mission-Based Management will be a terrific resource."—Sue Suter, former Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Commission, U.S. Department of Education, Board Member, World Institute of Disabilities, and Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
"Brinckerhoff demonstrates remarkable insight into the needs, functions, and output of not-for-profit agencies. He is uniquely practical and pointed with his recommendations based upon institutional missions. I find Brinckerhoff's comments of immense help in achieving our mission here."—Thomas A. Mackey, RNC, PhD, Clinical Director, University of Texas Nursing Services and Employee Health Services
"At last, a book by Peter Brinckerhoff! Mission-Based Management will serve as a reference and guide for not-for-profit administrators who do not have the luxury of consulting Peter on a daily basis to access his sage advice and keen insights. He has consistently found fresh, innovative, but logical resolutions for our seemingly insurmountable problems."—W. Winfield McChord, Jr., Executive Director, The American School for the Deaf
Mission-Based Management
Leading Your Not-for-Profit into the 21ST Century
Mission-Based Management is the definitive text for the leaders of not-for-profit organizations.
You will learn:
- Nine key characteristics of a successful not-for-profit
- Six basic tenets of successfully managing staff
- Nine policy controls that let you sleep at night
- Five keys to recruiting and retain the board members you want
- Seven future trends sure to impact not-for-profits over the coming years
- Five characteristics an organization must have to be financially empowered
- Ten biggest mistakes not-for-profits make in planning and much, much more in 15 jam-packed chapters.
Peter C. Brinckerhoff, noted consultant to not-for-profits, not only tells how and why—he also gives examples and practical hands-on techniques you can use immediately.
Mission-Based Management is the essential guide and a comprehensive reference for the management of not-for-profit organizations. You will turn to this book again and again.
Peter is the author of two award-winning books, Mission-Based Management and Financial Empowerment, also published by Wiley. His newest book, Mission-Based Marketing, was released in September 1997. Peter's books are used as the core texts in over 50 graduate and undergraduate university programs in nonprofit management. Peter's articles have been published in Advancing Philanthropy, NonProfit World, Strategic Governance, The Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Communications, and The Grantsmanship Center News.
Peter received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Master's of Public Health Administration from Tulane. He is a former VISTA Volunteer, and has served as a staff member, Executive Director, board member, and volunteer for numerous local, state, and national not-for-profits. Peter lives in Springfield, Illinois with his wife Chris and their three children, Ben, Adam, and Caitlin.
Synopsis
Nonprofit managers must juggle many responsibilities, including meeting the changing needs of the community, securing the funding to make ends meet, and responding to the demands of founders, clientele, staff, and trustees. This book provides a plan for successfully meeting all of these challenges while remaining true to the overall mission of the organization.
Synopsis
The One Book Every Leader of a Not-for-Profit Organization Will Want to Havein an Exciting New Edition
Praise for Mission-Based Management
Peter C. Brinckerhoff
"A terrific resource." Sue Suter, former Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Commission, U.S. Department of Education; Board Member, World Institute of Disabilities and Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
"Brinckerhoff demonstrates remarkable insight into the needs, functions, and output of not-for-profit agencies. He is uniquely practical and pointed with his recommendations based upon institutional missions. I find Brinckerhoffs comments of immense help in achieving our mission here." Thomas A. Mackey, RNC, PhD, Clinical Director, University of Texas Nursing Services and Employee Health Services
"Mission-Based Management will serve as a reference and guide for not-for-profit administrators who do not have the luxury of consulting Peter on a daily basis to access his sage advice and keen insights. He has consistently found fresh, innovative, but logical resolutions for our seemingly insurmountable problems." W. Winfield McChord Jr., Executive Director, The American School for the Deaf
www.wiley.com/nonprofit
Synopsis
This significantly updated edition of the McAdams Awardwinning classic expands on the invaluable hows and whys of not-for-profit empowerment covered in the original to offer highly effective new ideas and new criteria for success in todays increasingly competitive nonprofit terrain.
In recent years, radical changes in information technology have occurred, making e-mail and the World Wide Web household words, while managed care has taken hold at the state and federal levels. To win funding and support, nonprofit managers have to be more aggressive and more efficient than ever before in ensuring their organization pursues its mission, meets community needs, and maintains its budget, while juggling the demands of funders, clientele, boards, staff, community, and bankers. This Second Edition of Mission-Based Management ushers nonprofits into the twenty-first century by providing comprehensive, hands-on guidance that addresses the unique concerns of todays managers in nonprofit organizations.
- Includes an updated list of core characteristics of successful not-for-profits
- Includes a new chapter on how to use technology to improve mission outcomes
- Is written by a nationally recognized expert who has trained thousands of people in hundreds of seminars on the best practices in nonprofit management
- Can be used in tandem with the Mission-Based Management Workbook, further ensuring that nonprofit leaders build success into every initiative
- Includes in each chapter a recap and a list of questions for group discussion
More than ever before, nonprofit managers want and need practical guidance on how to do their jobs and run their organizations more effectively and efficiently. And more than ever before, Mission-Based Management provides the definitive answer.
Synopsis
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE "BEST NEW NONPROFIT BOOK"!-The Alliance for Nonprofit Management
This practical, comprehensive, and easy-to-use workbook provides key tools to help managers of nonprofits ensure that their organization pursues its mission, meets the changing needs of the community-and has enough money to make ends meet-while also satisfying the demands of funders, clientele, boards, staff, and bankers. Designed to equip nonprofit managers and other nonprofit workers with the guidance they need to do their jobs and run their organizations more effectively and efficiently, this workbook is also a hands-on tool to help implement the ideas in the author's highly regarded Mission-Based Management. Filled with indispensable checklists, worksheets, forms, displays, and hands-on suggestions, and including a companion CD-ROM, the Workbook will show you how to smoothly and successfully:
* Hone your organization's core competencies
* Focus your resources
* Improve overall mission capability
* Get the most out of group discussions
* Utilize self-assessment tools
... and much more to help you and all involved help your organization achieve its mission
Synopsis
Mission-Based Management Leading Your Not-For-Profit Into the 21st Century Mission-Based Management is the definitive text for the leaders of not-for-profit organizations. You will learn: Nine key characteristics of a successful not-for-profit Six basic tenets of successfully managing staff Nine policy controls that let you sleep at night Five keys to recruiting and retaining the board members you want Seven future trends sure to impact not-for-profits over the coming years Five characteristics an organization must have to be financially empowered Ten biggest mistakes not-for-profits make in planning and much, much more in 15 jampacked chapters. Peter C. Brinckerhoff, noted consultant to not-for-profits, not only tells how and why he also gives examples and practical hands-on techniques you can use immediately. Mission-Based Management is the essential guide and a comprehensive reference for the management of not-for-profit organizations. You will turn to this book again and again.
About the Author
PETER C. BRINCKERHOFF is an internationally renowned trainer, author, and consultant to not-for-profit organizations. He brings years of experience in the field to his work, as he is a former board member of local, state, and national not-for-profits and has worked on the staff and as executive director of two regional not-for-profits. Since founding his consulting firm, Corporate Alternatives, in 1982, Mr. Brinckerhoff has helped thousands of organizations become more mission-capable.
Peter is the author of the award-winning book Mission-Based Management and Financial Empowerment, as well as Mission-Based Marketing, Faith-Based Management, and Social Entrepreneurship, all published by Wiley. Peter's books are used as texts in undergraduate and graduate programs in not-for-profit management at over 60 colleges and universities.
A former VISTA volunteer, Peter received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his master's degree in public health administration from Tulane University. He lives in Springfield, Illinois, with his wife and three children.
Table of Contents
Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We're Going.
What Works: The Characteristics of a Successful Not-for-Profit.
The Mission is the Reason.
A Businesslike Board of Directors.
Building a Better Board.
Managing Your People.
The Controls that Set You Free.
Developing a Bias for Marketing.
A Vision to Create the Future.
Seeking Financial Empowerment.
Maintaining Financial Empowerment.
Creating a Social Entrepreneur.
Changing Flexibly.
A National Agenda: Empowering Our Not-for-Profits.
Resources.
Index.