21st Century Skills for Non-Profit Managers

CHAPTER 1

Good Practice in Leadership and Management

Don Macdonald

Overview

This chapter examines good practice of leadership and management, discussing the qualities and skills required to act as the senior manager of a nonprofit sector organization. More is described in Chapters 7 and 9.

Introduction

This chapter concentrates on the attributes required as the senior manager of a nonprofit organization, either an independent organization or one operating within a larger entity. Professional management standards and literature are drawn on. However it has also been relevant to draw on 25 years’ practical management experience on the ground, ...