21st Century Skills for Non-Profit Managers

INTRODUCTION

Leadership and Management in Nonprofit Organizations

Don Macdonald

“Today, nonprofit organizations in the United States control upward of $1.5 trillion in assets and are increasingly relied upon to help address society’s ills” according to a McKinsey report.¹ “In the last decades, the activity and influence of nonprofit organizations in almost every country in the world have grown exponentially. Nonprofits have become central to policy making, the promotion of civic action, and the delivery of new quasi-public services.”² Nonprofits operate in an ever-changing world with increasing pressures, hence the need for relevant skills and knowledge for new managers and leaders, which this book attempts to provide.

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