Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations
Management that Works in High Pressure Systems
- Jeanne M. Plas - Minnesota
- Susan E. Lewis
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Leadership | Management Training/Education | Management of Social Work Organizations
Leadership | Management Training/Education | Management of Social Work Organizations
February 2001 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This work presents a case study of the leadership philosophy and day to day operations of an award-winning social service organization that targets youth and their families while successfully using person-centred strategies as the management model.
The groundbreaking core of the book shows how this participatory management strategy, Person-Centred Leadership, can be incorporated with great success into high stress non-profit organizations.
The book describes a unique approach to participatory management that shows much promise of working well within individualist oriented countries such as the US or the UK. It demonstrates how organizational leaders can develop individuality at the same time that teambuilding is emphasized.
PART ONE: PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT AND THE CHALLENGES OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: THE PAST, THE FUTURE AND PERSON-CENTERED POSSIBILITIES
Introduction
Survival within Today's Nonprofit Organizations
Possibilities in Participatory Management
Person-Centered Leadership
PART TWO: A PERSON-CENTERED NONPROFIT EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE
Introduction
Oasis Center
The Oasis Person-Centered Model
Strengths and Weaknesses
The Board of Directors
The Shelter
A Vital and Vibrant Infrastructure
The Future of Nonprofit Participatory Management
"a valuable addition to literature on team and organizational leadership."
Senior Fellow, University of Minnesota