Seven Turning Points - Leading Through Pivotal Transitions in Organizational Life

Seven Turning Points identifies the pivotal stages when nonprofits must reasses the way they operate and make fundamental changes or risk decline.

About the author

SUSAN GROSS is a noted organizational development consultant and has spent more than forty years strengthening nonprofit organizations so that their people and programs succeed. She is cofounder of the Management Assistance Group (MAG), an organization that sees building the power of nonprofits as a critical contribution to the creation of a more just and equitable world. To learn more about MAG, and to download free tools, visit www.ManagementAssistance.org.

Summary

2009 Foreword INDIES Finalist in Business & Economics (Adult Nonfiction) 
Seven Turning Points identifies the pivotal stages when nonprofits must reassess the way they operate and make fundamental changes or risk decline.
Author Susan Gross goes beyond describing symptoms and challenges and offers leaders usable advice on what to expect and what to do. You'll find:

• The characteristic pattern of problems that signal the need for change
  
• Reassurance that problems are inevitable consequences of change or growth
  
• Recommended changes in structure, leadership, management, governance, operating style, and culture
  
• Warnings about resistance you're likely to run into and how to manage it
  
• Vivid examples of what really happens in organizations based on the author's real-life experience with hundreds of nonprofits
  

With Seven Turning Points, you'll recognize when your organization is at a pivotal stage, understand the underlying dynamics, and be prepared with concrete actions to move the organization to the next level.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Gross, Gross Susan
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2009
• EAN: 9780940069732
• ISBN: 978-0-940069-73-2
• No. of pages: 118
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Structural Adjustment, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures