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I’ve served on various non-profit boards in my life. While I feel very good about my time on these boards, it would have been great to have a book like this one. It’s everything I like in a book: concise, readable, and focused on helpful tips, tactics, and high-impact questions. For instance, Dennis’s “50 percent rule,” which urges us to spend half of each meeting discussing why the board matters to the community, is so powerful. It’s been proven over and over that when people get connected to the “why”—that sense of purpose behind what they do—it engages, motivates, and lights a fire under them. Most of us serve on non-profit boards hoping to do some good in the world; this book helps us do that “good” even better.
Quint Studer
Author of The Calling: Why Healthcare is So Special
Dennis Miller’s new book, The Importance of Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide to Creating a Highly Successful Nonprofit Board, is an excellent resource. Chock full of insights from his decades of executive and nonprofit board leadership, this book provides a framework for improving your personal and organizational performance on nonprofit boards. After assessing what stage your board is performing at, the insights and learnings from Dennis will help you ask the right questions in your quest for improvement.
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA
Chairperson, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
This is a no-nonsense guidebook for effective, impactful leadership. A recommended quick read for nonprofit board officers and CEOs, with ideas that they can implement immediately.
Shannon McCracken
Chief Executive Officer, The Nonprofit Alliance
THE IMPORTANCE OF NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP: A GUIDE TO CREATING A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NONPROFIT BOARD is aptly titled. Seasoned author, nonprofit executive, entrepreneur and board chair, Dennis C. Miller, effectively makes the case that successful nonprofits need to forge a partnership between Board Leadership and the CEO. Dennis provides readers an easy to follow roadmap to become and remain highly successful nonprofits. Thought provoking questions posted at the end of each chapter provide food for thought and the base upon which board members and CEOs can take stock of where they are and formulate a plan for where they want to go. This is an easy and very worthwhile read.
Joseph F. Duffy
President of Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey (Retired) and award winning author of Being a Supervisor 1.0: a Handbook for the New, Aspiring, and Experienced Supervisor
Nonprofit leadership is both an art and a science, and the most effective leaders understand and respect this delicate balance. In The Importance of Nonprofit Board Leadership, Dennis Miller masterfully blends the art and science of nonprofit leadership, providing leaders with practical insights and proven strategies for success. The thoughtful questions posed at the end of each chapter provide wonderful opportunities to infuse debate, discussion, and meaningful reflection into Board meetings. Dennis Miller has once again gifted nonprofit leaders with a valuable resource to uplift organizations across the globe.”
Gregory Nielsen
President & CEO, Nielsen Training & Consulting
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