Boards of Directors — Recommended Books

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    Recommended Books – Boards of Directors

    For-Profit (“Corporate”) Boards of Directors

    Nonprofit Boards of Directors


    For-Profit (“Corporate”) Boards of Directors


    Leadership and Supervision in Business - Book Cover
    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


    Developing, Operating and Restoring Your Nonprofit Board - Book Cover
    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!

    Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff - Book Cover
    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.


    Consulting and Organization Development With Nonprofits - Book Cover
    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!

    Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation - Book Cover
    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