Leadership in non profits comes in many different ways. You can be elected to the position, you can be hired, or you can start the non profit yourself. No matter how you have come to hold a leadership position in a non profit, you have now been tasked to grow and nurture a business that will help and serve others.
I have three books that I suggest to every non profit leader.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
This book is well known but when you think about the businesses from the lens of a non profit, you can see how to avoid volunteer burnout, how to systematize items, and allow the organization to grow beyond the leadership.
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice by Todd Henry
I love this book because it shows you how to generate ideas for your non profit on a consistent basis. You cannot do the same thing over and over and expect better and better results. You need to shake things up and this book helps you do that. It will also help you balance your time between the non profit and other responsibilities.
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky
I love this book because it helps to take the ideas you get from the others and put them into action.
These books are not long or complicated and all come in audiobook versions as well. They are great business books but take the practices that they discuss and apply them to your non profit and your organization will thrive.
Once you are done with these books take a look at How Non Profits Can Eliminate the Lean Months.