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The Little Book of Nonprofit Leadership
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The Little Book of Nonprofit Leadership

An Executive Director's Handbook for Small (and Very Small) Nonprofits

Erik Hanberg
Erik Hanberg, 2021

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Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Erik Hanberg offers an excellent how-to manual for executive directors of non-profits – essential reading for those who lead or hope to lead small, community-based non-profits, and for their board members. The author provides concrete examples of the challenges facing leaders of small non-profits and deals with the nitty-gritty of managing staff, working with the board of directors, fundraising and preparing a budget. Hanberg includes sample budgets, models of emails to essential stakeholders, and talking points to use with donors and senior board members. He even suggests strategies leaders can use to ask for a raise.

Take-Aways

  • Executive directors of non-profits need to understand their job description and be flexible, as needed.
  • Leaders should study their organization’s mission statement and remain scrupulously faithful to it.
  • Maintaining or recruiting dedicated staff is essential, but retaining the best people can be challenging.

About the Author

Erik Hanberg has 20 years of nonprofit experience at organizations of all sizes.

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