ABSTRACT

Managing As Mission pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a nonprofit manager by making the case that managing, as a reflection of the organizational mission – the cornerstone of any nonprofit – can bring about the change nonprofits were created to achieve: a better world for all. This book contains real-world examples, interview excerpts from nonprofit managers and directors, and a series of self-reflection and organization-wide tools to develop managers and managing as a mirror of the mission.

Themes within this book include: a discussion of the history of nonprofit missions; management tasks and approaches; aligning values; building working relationship and trust; and creating organizational structures and interactions that mirror the organizational mission. It is written in an informal first-person style, utilizing humor that will, hopefully, allow the reader to see themselves in the examples and stories.

chapter |15 pages

Why Managing As Mission?

chapter |33 pages

The Mission

chapter |78 pages

Process

chapter |45 pages

Managing

chapter |48 pages

Linking Managing, Mission, and Process

chapter |8 pages

What Can Come from Managing As Mission

chapter |9 pages

Tools