Recommended Books – Boards of Directors
For-Profit (“Corporate”) Boards of Directors
For-Profit (“Corporate”) Boards of Directors
Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best employees for your business.
Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or employee),
other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout — a very common problem
among employees of small businesses. Many materials in this Library are
adapted from this book.NOTE: This is one of the few books that’s all
about leadership
AND how to effectively work with a corporate (for-profit) Board.
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often
because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. Also, a convenient search window is included below the rows of books. As an Amazon Associate, Authenticity Consulting, LLC may earn commissions from qualifying purchases on Amazon.
Nonprofit Boards of Directors
Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring Your Nonprofit Board- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to organize, operate
and sustain high-quality nonprofit Boards — and to fix a broken Board!
Includes variety of Board models you can choose from, roles and responsibilities,
how to get the best members, how to train and organize them, goals for standard
committees, ensuring high-quality meetings, evaluating Boards, how to evaluate
and/or replace the Executive Director, and much more! Includes many sample
Board policies you can download! Written by the developer of the Free Management
Library. Many materials in this Library’s topic about Boards are adapted
from this book. 30-day, money-back, guarantee!
Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best staff members for your nonprofit.
Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or staff member),
other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout — a very common problem
among nonprofit staff. Written by the developer of the Free Management Library.
Many materials in this Library are
adapted from this book.This is one of the few books that’s all about leadership
AND how to effectively work with a nonprofit Board.
Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development With Nonprofits- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Provides complete, step-by-step guidelines to identify complex issues in nonprofit organizations and successfully
resolve each of them. This book is also helpful to organizations that are doing fine now, but want to evolve to
the next level of performance. This is one of the truly comprehensive, yet practical, books about this complex subject!
Includes online forms that can be downloaded. Written by the developer of the Free Management Library.
Many materials in this Library’s topic about guiding
change are adapted from this comprehensive book. 30-day, money-back, guarantee!
Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Step-by-step guidelines to customize and facilitate planners to implement
the best strategic planning process to suit the particular nature
and needs of their nonprofit. This is one of the few books, if any, that explains how to actually facilitate planning.
Includes many online forms that can be downloaded and used by planners.
Written by the developer of the Free Management Library.
Many materials in this Library’s topic about strategic planning are adapted from this book. 30-day, money-back, guarantee!
For Nonprofits, Also See
Strategic Planning — Recommended
Books
Social Entrepreneurship
(Nonprofit) — Recommended Books
Capacity Building (Nonprofit)
— Recommended Books
Fundraising — Recommended
Books
Program Management — Recommended
Books
Leading — Recommended Books
Training and Development —
Recommended Books
Volunteers — Recommended
Books