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Why Nonprofits Fail: Overcoming Founder's Syndrome, Fundphobia and Other Obstacles to Success

Why Nonprofits Fail: Overcoming Founder's Syndrome, Fundphobia and Other Obstacles to Success


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In Why Nonprofits Fail, author and nonprofit expert Stephen Block explains that many well-intentioned leaders hold on to views of their nonprofit organizations that perpetuate problems rather than help fix them. According to Block, the first step to success is to challenge one's own personal paradigms and ideas and be open to unique and alternative approaches to solving problems. This much-needed book helps nonprofits get back on track and offers advice about the seven most common stumbling blocks, including: Founder's syndrome Fundphobia Financial misfortune Recruitment disorientation Cultural depression in nonprofit organizations Self-serving political performance Role confusion between the board and executive director

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Acknowledgments xv The Author xvii Part I: Charting a New Path to Success 1. Preventing Failure, Ensuring Success 3 2. The Need for Alternative Tools 13 3. The Framework and the Steps 21 4. First-Order and Second-Order Approaches to Change 27 Part II: Seven Tough Problems and How to Solve Them 5. Recruitment Disorientation 41 6. Cultural Depression in Nonprofit Organizations 59 7. Political Performance 73 8. Role Confusion 91 9. Financial Misfortune 107 10. Fundphobia 121 11. Founder's Syndrome 135 Conclusion: Managing Nonprofit Organizational Change 155 Resource A: A Review of Organizational Behavior Theories 161 Resource B: Recommended Reading 179 References 181 Index 185

About the Author :
Stephen R. Block is the founding executive director of Denver Options, Inc., a nonprofit organization that manages the developmental disabilities service delivery system of care in Denver. He is the director of the Nonprofit Management Program at the University of Colorado at Denver?s Graduate School of Public Affairs. Block was a consulting editor for the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and on the editorial board of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118642078
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1118642074
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jan 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Overcoming Founder's Syndrome, Fundphobia and Other Obstacles to Success
  • Width: 154 mm


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