At the Crossroads: Not-for-Profit Leadership Strategies for Executives and Boards - Hardcover

Coltoff, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470615214 ISBN 13: 9780470615218

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

An indispensable guide to the complex art of nonprofit leadership and management

In The Challenge of Change, Philip Coltoff distills the insights he has gained from nearly twenty-five years of leadership at The Children's Aid Society of New York City, one of the largest and best-known not-for-profit organizations in the nation. Now in a Second Edition, The Challenge of Change shares his ideas and experiences with a new generation of not-for-profit leaders and board members.

• Reflects new changes in board structure, statutory requirements, functional relationships, succession, and transitional relationships
• Looks at Coltoff's days at the helm of one of the oldest and most well-known institutions in the United States
• Unparalleled insight and wisdom from a true nonprofit leader and pioneer

Nonprofit executives and board members will benefit from Coltoff's observations and advice about everything from strategic planning and fundraising, to working with volunteers, cultivating diversity, and achieving work/life balance. His straightforward, conversational style is highly readable, and his tales from the trenches help to illuminate the important lessons he learned along the way.

About this title

About the Author

PHILIP COLTOFF is a national leader and innovator in the fields of social service and youth development. He led The Children's Aid Society in New York City from 1981 to 2005 and consults for many not-for-profits. He is also the Katherine W. and Howard Aibel Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence at New York University's Silver School of Social Work. Under his leadership, The Children's Aid Society's budget grew from $10 million to $80 million annually and its award-winning community school and teen pregnancy prevention programs were adopted in more than 1,500 sites nationally and internationally. He currently teaches "Executive Leadership in the Not-for-Profit Sector," a seminar series at NYU.

From the Back Cover

AT THE CROSSROADS

NOT-FOR-PROFIT LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES FOR EXECUTIVES AND BOARDS

At the Crossroads is an indispensable guide to the complex art of nonprofit leadership, written by one of the true luminaries in this field.

This volume succinctly captures the insights Philip Coltoff gained from nearly twenty-five years of leadership at The Children's Aid Society of New York City. Here, Coltoff shares his observations and advice about everything from growing your fundraising and working with volunteers, to the role of technology in your nonprofit's success and making your nonprofit more visible.

Offering wise lessons for all nonprofits in good times and bad, At the Crossroads arrives as the American economy gropes slowly toward recovery and the Great Recession continues to exact painful costs, most of all for people in despair. Its balanced perspective stresses leadership over technical challenges, as well as person-centeredness in the whole agency, from board to staff to clients.

The seminal book every not-for-profit leader must read, At the Crossroads illuminates the important lessons Coltoff has learned along the way and reveals the nature of authentic leadership in the multifaceted world of nonprofit management.

From the Inside Flap

AT THE CROSSROADS

NOT-FOR-PROFIT LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES FOR EXECUTIVES AND BOARDS

At the Crossroads is an indispensable guide to the complex art of nonprofit leadership, written by one of the true luminaries in this field.

This volume succinctly captures the insights Philip Coltoff gained from nearly twenty-five years of leadership at The Children's Aid Society of New York City. Here, Coltoff shares his observations and advice about everything from growing your fundraising and working with volunteers, to the role of technology in your nonprofit's success and making your nonprofit more visible.

Offering wise lessons for all nonprofits in good times and bad, At the Crossroads arrives as the American economy gropes slowly toward recovery and the Great Recession continues to exact painful costs, most of all for people in despair. Its balanced perspective stresses leadership over technical challenges, as well as person-centeredness in the whole agency, from board to staff to clients.

The seminal book every not-for-profit leader must read, At the Crossroads illuminates the important lessons Coltoff has learned along the way and reveals the nature of authentic leadership in the multifaceted world of nonprofit management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470615214
• ISBN 13: 9780470615218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208