Bridgespan Group Study: Strongly Led, Under-managed: How can visionary nonprofits make the critical transition to stronger management?
Strongly Led, Under-managed: How can visionary nonprofits make the critical transition to stronger management? by Bridgespan Group, August 2008: “Without sound management practices, even the most successful nonprofit will be unable to sustain, let alone increase, its impact over time. And yet, when Bridgespan consulting teams surveyed senior staff members at 30 nonprofits, the respondents consistently rated their organizations much higher on leadership dimensions like developing an overall vision than on management dimensions like making trade offs and setting priorities in order to realize that vision. Many nonprofits appear to be strongly led, but under-managed. Why is this so? In our work with the leaders of more than 100 nonprofits, we’ve heard the same answer time and again: The environment in which they operate often reinforces visionary leadership at the expense of management disciplines…”
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