June 1, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Not-for-Profit CEO Workbook: Practical Steps to Attaining & Retaining the Corner Office
by Walter P. Pidgeon Jr.
Today’s nonprofit chief executive wears many hats, overseeing the day-to-day management of the group, maintaining a productive relationship with its board of directors, ensuring that programs jibe with its mission, and maintaining the group’s financial health. As a consequence, “candidates for these positions will need an extensive education as well as a wealth of experience and skills to meet these future challenges,” writes Walter P. Pidgeon Jr., chief executive officer of the United States Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Pidgeon has held chief-executive positions at four organizations over the past 25 years.
A companion to The Not-for-Profit CEO: How to Attain & Retain the Corner Office, which was published in 2004, this book is designed to be used as a reference guide for college students studying nonprofit administration, as well as for people who work for nonprofit groups and want to rise to the top.
It follows the careers of five fictitious people, including a high-school junior planning her college studies and a 51-year-old nonprofit executive who wants to stay in his position. Chapters focus on the academic preparation that can pave the way for a career in nonprofit management, how to move from the business world into nonprofit work, and what to do once in a leadership role.
This workbook contains charts, self-assessment tools, and a CD-ROM with exercises to help readers isolate their goals and develop strategies to reach them.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 111 River Street, Hoboken, N.J. 07030; (201) 748-6000; fax (201) 748-6088; http://www.wiley.com; 139 pages; $35; ISBN 0-471-76811-1.
