Faith-Based Management: Leading Organizations That are Based on More Than Just Mission

Faith-Based Management: Leading Organizations That are Based on More Than Just Mission by Brinckerhoff, Peter C.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780471315445.

The First and Only Complete Guide to Successfully ManagingFaith-Based Organizations Faith-Based Management Written by aleading international expert on faith-based management, this bookdescribes proven management strategies and techniques developed atsome of the worlds most successful places of worship andfaith-based service organizations. It also supplies you with acomplete action plan for quickly implementing them in yourorganization. Peter Brinckerhoff begins by exploring the uniquechallenges faced by managers of faith-based organizations. He thenidentifies the seven key characteristics of a successfulfaith-based organization and provides you with clear,easy-to-follow guidelines on how to: * Assess and examine your organizations strengths andweaknesses * Clearly define staff roles and responsibilities * Delegate, evaluate, discipline, and motivate paid staff * Find, train, motivate, and hold on to top-notch volunteers * Generate budgets and financial reports and implement financialcontrols * Improve your leadership skills * Conduct sophisticated, cost-effective marketing compaigns thatwork * Create strategic, business, and marketing plans "Brinckerhoff has captured the essence of faith-based management inhis latest book. He has successfully integrated proven managementconcepts and ideas with the spiritual mission that distinguishesfaith-based organizations. A must-read for volunteers and staff."--Dana R. Todsen, ACFRE President and CEO Baptist HealthFoundation, Inc. Birmingham, Alabama "Faith-Based Management is aconcise, accurate, and practical book. It will be a very helpfulresource for leaders who are trying to unite faith and mission intodays world." --The Reverend Dr. John R. Buzza Hope PresbyterianChurch and Community Ministry Center Springfield, Illinois"Faith-Based Management offers the fourth important contribution inPeter Brinckerhoffs management series for not-for-profitexecutives. If mission, finance, and marketing are important tonot-for-profits success, core values and beliefs are essential tothe faith-based not-for-profits very existence. Peter once againchallenges and provokes thoughtful reflection while providing thereader with a pragmatic prescription for improving the overallmanagement of the faith-based organization. He challenges each ofus to accept full responsibility for carrying out Gods work. Heshows us a way." --Reid S. Thebault President and CEO YMCA ofMetropolitan Detroit