Tools and Publications

The following are available for free downloading:

• Reports
• Guidebooks
• E-Newsletter Articles
• Earlier Articles

---

REPORTS

Does your organization have a founder who still has a lot to give but need new executive leadership?  Are you wondering if founders and their successors can co-exist for the overall benefit of the organization.  While not for most organizations, there are conditions under which a founder can co-exist - maximizing the founder's assets for the overall good of the organization and reinforcing one another's success in their new roles.

Download Report

Download Summary of Key Findings


Leaders of smaller non-profits know that attending to their back-office needs is critical but frequently lack the time or expertise to address these needs in addition to their programmatic work.  At the same time, they also have difficulty finding appropriate, affordable, quality outsourced services.  This study explores outsourcing as a solution for helping to improve small nonprofits’ back-office functions.

Download Report

Download Executive Summary

---

GUIDEBOOKS

You are not alone: Many executive directors feel frustrated and ambivalent about board development. This booklet provides easy-to-read tools for the busy social justice executive.

Download PDF



Did you know that Google lists nearly 34 million entries for the term "strategic planning guide?" This short publication is designed to help social justice groups launch strategic planning that is focused and fruitful.

Download PDF



It's a fundamental irony of non-profit management: no social justice advocate ever dreams of being a manager, yet the most successful policy analysts, organizers, and litigators often find themselves tasked with leading a team.  This book provides brief, easy-to-use tools for new and experienced managers.

Download PDF

---

E-NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

Fall 2009 Issue

• If the Buddha Was a Fundraiser
  
• Letter from Inca: Helping Leaders Manage Complexity and Change

Summer 2009 Issue

• What's Power Got To Do With It?  Owning Your Power As a Manager
• Letter from Inca: Partnering With Clients  to Serve Them in Tough Times

Spring 2009 Issue

• Tools You Can Use: Finding Opportunity in Crisis
• Letter from Inca: Weighed Down by Stressful Times? 
  

---

EARLIER ARTICLES (1983-1999)

Boards

• Board Membering: What Kinds of People Make Good Board Members? What Kinds of People are Needed to Make Up a Good Board of Directors?
  
• Board Passages: Three Key Stages in a Board's Life Cycle
• The Board of Directors Is a Problem: Exploring the Concept of Following and Leading Boards
• No Board of Directors Is Like Any Other: Some Maxims About Boards
  

Planning

• The 10 Most Common Organizational Problems: Getting to Their Source
  
• The Planning Dreads: Why Groups Resist Planning
  
• The Power of Purpose

Management

• How to Have Effective Staff Meetings
• Managing People: The Most Common Pitfalls