| Description |
xvi, 180 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 165 to 173) and index. |
| Summary |
"Lessons for Nonprofit and Start-Up Leaders: Tales from a Reluctant CEO uses the experiences of a real company, Community Connections, to bring to life the practical dilemmas that an organization founded on a mission and guided by a set of ideals must confront and solve if it is to thrive. With no business or financial background, Maxine Harris and her partner, Helen Bergman, grew a tiny startup into a business worth $35 million. Harris shares her insights, struggles, and mistakes with the goal of helping others who may be starting and running nonprofit organizations."--Book flap. |
| Contents |
Every organization has a culture of its own: the beginnings of community connections -- How to make an idea come alive: inspiration, thinking it through, and making it happen -- Power, authority, and responsibility: Who's in charge around here? -- Hiring: people to help with the work -- Barriers to solving problems: there must be a way around this -- Engaging the outside world: Is anyone out there? -- The importance of self and organizational awareness: taking a hard look -- Preparing for the future: What's next? |
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Leadership.
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Nonprofit organizations -- Management.
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New business enterprises -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Entrepreneurship.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Nonprofit Organizations & Charities.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success.
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Leadership. (OCoLC)fst00994701
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New business enterprises -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst01036850
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Nonprofit organizations -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst01038913
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| Genre/Form |
Self-help publications. (OCoLC)fst01941328
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Self-help publications.
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| Added Author |
O'Leary, Michael B., 1969- author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Harris, Maxine. Lessons for nonprofit and start-up leaders. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442276543 (DLC) 2017034596 |
| ISBN |
9781442276536 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1442276533 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1538139413 (paper) |
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9781538139417 (paper) |
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9781442276543 (ePub ebook) |
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