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Seven Turning Points Leading Through Pivotal Transitions in Organizational Life

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ISBN-10: 0940069733

ISBN-13: 9780940069732

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susan Gross

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SEVEN TURNING POINTS identifies the pivotal stages when nonprofits must reassess the way they operate and make fundamental changes or risk decline. Author Susan Gross goes beyond describing symptoms and challenges and offers leaders usable advice on what to expect and what to do. You¿ll find: the characteristic pattern of problems that signal the need for change; reassurance that problems are an inevitable consequence of change or growth; recommended changes in structure, leadership, management, governance, operating style, and culture; warnings about resistance you¿re likely to run into and how to manage it; vivid examples of what really happens in organizations based on the author¿s…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 3/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 118
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Management Assistance Group
Preface: Genesis of the Turning Points Framework
Seven Turning Points: Leading Through Pivotal Transitions in Organizational Life
Turning Points-Not a Linear Progression
A Characteristic Pattern of Problems Signals Need for Change
Turning Points Involve Balancing Creative Tensions
Aspects of Turning Points We'll Examine
Two Important Caveats
A Word about Diversity and Inclusiveness
Do We Need to Get Organized?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Get Organized
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
Do We Need Infrastructure?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need for Infrastructure
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
Do We Need to Let Go?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Let Go
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
Do We Need Focus?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Focus
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
Do We Need to Decentralize Power?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Decentralize Power
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
Do We Need to Recapture Our Core?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Recapture the Core
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
How Do We Move On?
Signs That Change Is Needed
Turning Point: The Need to Move On
Adjustments Needed
Counter-Tensions to Manage
How Do You Make Change Happen?
Getting an Executive Director to Change
Making Structural Change
Shifting an Organization's Culture
The Board's Role in Change
What Funders Can Do
General Principles for all Seven Turning Points
Afterword: A Perpetual Balancing Act
Bibliography
Index