Follow Up Resources
Management Institute for Senior Managers
These resources can be used to support further applications of skills, knowledge, and tools presented at the workshop. Please check our website for more workshops for more learning opportunities. Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below.
Manual
- Nonprofit Management Institute (Full Binder)
Slides
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Leadership Resources
- The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner
- What's Power Got to Do With It?
by Management Assistance Group - Shared Leadership In Teams by Lupe Poblano
- Leadership Quotes Quotes
Sustainability and Finance Additional Resources
- Nonprofit Operating Reserves and Policy Examples from Nonprofit Assistance Fund
- The Sustainability Mindset by Jeanne Bell and Steve Zimmerman
(Book and Website with resources) - Financial Management Timeline
- Theory of Change Worksheets (as found in the manual)
- The Strategic Plan is Dead. Long Live Strategy
by Dana O’Donovan & Noah Rimland Flower, SSIR - Bringing Life to Organizational Change by Margaret J. Wheatley & Myron Kellner-Rogers Journal for Strategic Performance Measurement
- CompassPoint's blogs on self-care and individual sustainability
- An Executive Director's Guide to Financial Leadership
by Kate Barr and Jeanne Bell, Nonprofit Quarterly - Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives
by Jeanne Bell and Liz Schaffer - The Importance of Linking Leadership Succession, Strategy, and Governance by Thomas Gilmore, Nonprofit Quarterly
- The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World by Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky
Fund Development Resources
- Grant Advisor from CalNonprofits
- Fundraising Bright Spots Report from CompassPoint
- Follow up reading list: Reading List Fund Development
- Article: 10 most important things FD
- Fundraising Plan Template
Performance Management & Staffing
Professional Development Templates
- Professional Development Plan Template
- Individual Development Plan Template
- CompassPoint Professional Development Plan
Reviews on online task management tools
Sample Evaluation Forms
Links, Books & Articles
- The Nonprofits Guide to Human Resources by Jan Masaoka
- The Talent Development Platform (book and resource web site) by Heather Carpenter and Tera Wozniak Qualls
- Trauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
- Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of 360 Evaluations by Marissa Tirona and Michelle Gislason, CompassPoint
Compensation Reports and Surveys
- California Compensation Survey
- National Survey - Nonprofit Times
- National Survey - Guidestar
[Plus they have 990s of nonprofits posted]
More legal and risk management resources
- CalNonprofits (Insurance Arm)
- NIAC - Nonprofit Insurance Alliance of California
- SHRM - Society of Human Resource Management
- Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Governance and Boards
- 10 Great Board Chair Practices by Marla Cornelius
- Does Your Board Foster Inclusivity? blog post by Marla Cornelius
- Generative Thinking: The Board's Highest Purpose
by Peggy McGuire - Board Toolkit (download and extract "zip files" or each file separately) : Link to Google Drive