The Gift of Leadership:
How to Relight the Volunteer Spirit in
the 21st Century
SYNOPSIS
Every volunteer organization faces the same challenge
--- how to attract and motivate that volunteer
workforce. As the pressures of a 21st century
society push in, the challenge becomes even greater.
Now, for the first time, you can give your volunteer
leaders both the inspiration and the information
they need to be successful. Written by one of
the world's most sought-after and respected speakers
on volunteer organization management, this book
is truly the "Gift" that your leaders
deserve.
Table of Contents
Part I
The Challenge Understanding the Gift
The Need to Serve
The Big Picture
Part
II
Creating Successful Volunteers
The Need to Succeed
Recruiting the Right Volunteers the Right Way
Management by Assumption
The Giving of the Gift
Getting People Involved
Volunteer Recognition: Delivering the Paycheck
Part
III
A Surprise Package of Gifts
Facilitation Skills: We've Got to Stop Meeting
Like This!
Presentation Skills: You're Always On
Delegation Skills: Everyone Needs A Little Help
Sometimes
Top Level Management Skills: Keeping the Eyes
on the Prize
Part
IV
Giving the Gift in the
21st Century
Stop the Insanity, and Relight the Spirit
Access: Opening the Doors
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Book Excerpt
"Giving volunteers The Gift of Leadership is one
of the least understood yet most effective ways to reward
and motivate volunteer leaders. The problem has been
that volunteers have always had to gain the Gift by
accident. In the future, with so much competition for
the time and energy of volunteers, the organizations
that will attract and keep the highest caliber leaders
will be those which give the Gift by design, not by
accident."
