We want to give charities and their leaders access to grow their organizational effectiveness. Below, you’ll find a few of our favorites.
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Measure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs.
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The Board and the CEO: Seven practices to protect your organization’s most important relationship
In this practical and concise book, a major executive and philanthropist and a nonprofit leader draw from their years of experience to equip other board members and organizational leaders to enter into an impactful, life-giving partnership.
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Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
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Big Enough. Simple Enough. Cheap Enough.
Daunting social problems need scalable solutions. Here’s how to know if you’ve got one.
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“From Success to Significance” (Risk Only Money)
DeBoer Foundation Chair, Jack DeBoer, shares business lessons that he had to learn the hard way. He also discusses things we should never jeopardize: family, reputation, self-respect, friendships, and health.
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Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
The former head of the Joint Cheifs of Staff teaches how to combine the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization.
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Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity
Practical insights and case studies illustrate seven lifecycle stages and the predictable tasks, challenges, and inevitable growing pains that accompany each.