PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP: A BALANCED APPROACH Jon Pratt & Jodi Sandfort June 4, 2009 Flickr: Auntie P

5 Challenges Nonprofit Leaders Need to Confront  Financing  Structuring  Engaging  Governing  Advocating

Three competing nonprofit organizational models  Enterprise  Sub-contractor  Network

Enterprise: Nimble value   Seeker of financial opportunity   Market orientation   Proprietary   Financial goal setting   Empowered executive decision making   Entrepreneurial

Sub-contractor: Loyal performer   Partner to government or 3 rd party payors   Vertical accountability within a field   Task orientation   Clear expectations   Fidelity to past decisions   Compliance to funding conditions

Network: Interactive responder   Independent voice and mobilizer   Oriented to constituency and democratic participation   Information generous   Sense of community ownership   Interactive decision making   Relational goal-setting

Three competing nonprofit organizational models  Enterprise  Sub-contractor  Network

Enterprise

Sub-contractor

Network

Sub-contractor Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor Enterprise Network

Sub-contractor Enterprise Network

5 Challenges Nonprofit Leaders Need to Confront  Financing  Structuring  Engaging  Governing  Advocating

Financing: How are resources assembled?

Structuring: How do we organize ourselves?

Governing: Where does board attention lie?

Discuss in Groups of Three…  How have you seen this tension play out in your organization? Among staff? Among staff? Among staff and board? Among staff and board? With funders? With funders?  How are these conflicts resolved?  What could you do if you change perspective?

Engaging: How do we get input?

Advocating: How is the agenda set?

Leadership: Seeing with a new perspective Flickr: Auntie P Flickr: Frankz Flickr: Juan Eduardo Donoso

Practical Leadership: A Balanced Approach Jon Pratt Jodi Sandfort June 4, 2009