PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP:A BALANCED APPROACH

Jon Pratt & Jodi Sandfort

June 4, 2009

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5 Challenges Nonprofit Leaders Need to Confront

Financing Structuring Engaging Governing Advocating

Three competing nonprofit organizational models

Enterprise

Sub-contractor

Network

Enterprise: Nimble value

Seeker of financial opportunity Market orientation Proprietary Financial goal setting Empowered executive decision making Entrepreneurial

Sub-contractor: Loyal performer

Partner to government or 3rd party payors Vertical accountability within a field Task orientation Clear expectations Fidelity to past decisions Compliance to funding conditions

Network: Interactive responder

Independent voice and mobilizer Oriented to constituency and democratic

participation Information generous Sense of community ownership Interactive decision making Relational goal-setting

Three competing nonprofit organizational models

Enterprise

Sub-contractor

Network

Enterprise

Sub-contractor

Sub-contractor

Sub-contractor

Network

Sub-contractor

EnterpriseNetwork

Sub-contractor

Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor

Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor

Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor

Enterprise Network

5 Challenges Nonprofit Leaders Need to Confront

Financing Structuring Engaging Governing Advocating

Financing: How are resources assembled?

Structuring:How do we organize ourselves?

Governing: Where does board attention lie?

Discuss in Groups of Three…

How have you seen this tension play out in your organization?

Among staff? Among staff and board? With funders?

How are these conflicts resolved?

What could you do if you change perspective?

Engaging: How do we get input?

Advocating: How is the agenda set?

Leadership: Seeing with anew perspective

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Practical Leadership:A Balanced Approach

Jon Pratt

Jodi Sandfort

June 4, 2009