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Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, "Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations" is a comprehensive resource that goes beyond traditional nonprofit management theory to offer the latest in cutting-edge thought on leadership for nonprofit organizations. The book offers a wealth of new directions and ideas for leadership and features chapters written by such well-known experts as Frances Hesselbein, Stephen Dobbs, Florence Green, and Jay Conger. "Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations" discusses the most compelling leadership challenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead more effective organizations.It includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boards with boards of nonprofit organizations. It provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards. It discusses for-profit "organizations of hope" that provide important leadership for social change and responsibility, and suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteer workforce. It presents a model for leading nonprofit projects, and offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofit organizations. It also considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders, and includes strategies to develop leadership capacity.