June 4, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
Seven Turning Points: Leading Through Pivotal Transitions in Organizational Life, by Susan Gross, is intended for nonprofit groups undergoing significant management change. Ms. Gross, an organizational-development consultant, devotes each chapter to a turning point most charities face and ends each one with a summary that lists the signs that change is needed, changes that must be made, and what tensions can arise as a result of the transition process. For example, when a longtime chief executive steps down, Ms. Gross says, charities should think about hiring from the outside for a fresh perspective and avoid placing the departing leader on the organization’s board for at least a few years. She cautions that any adjustments are neither permanent nor quick and that someone must serve as a catalyst for change, be it an individual or a group.
Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance, 60 Plato Boulevard East, Suite 150, St. Paul, Minn. 55107; (651) 556-4500 or (800) 274-6024; fax (651) 556-4517; books@fieldstonealliance.org; http://www.fieldstonealliance.org; 100 pages; $24.95; ISBN 978-0-940069-73-2.
