Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
Engine of Impact provides actionable guidance for increasing impact in the social sector. It is “a must-read” for all donors, nonprofit board members, executives and staff who seek to achieve extraordinary results for their organisation.
The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be under way, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.
As Good to Great author Jim Collins writes in his foreword, this book offers “a detailed roadmap of disciplined thought and action for turning a good nonprofit into one that can achieve great impact at scale.”
William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker identify seven essential components of strategic leadership that set high-achieving organisations apart from the rest of the nonprofit sector. Together, these components form an “engine of impact”, a system that organisations must build, tune, and fuel if they hope to make a real difference in the world.
About William F Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker
William F. Meehan III is the Lafayette Partners Lecturer in Strategic Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company.
Kim Starkey Jonker is President and CEO of King Philanthropies, Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the former Executive Director of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership.
Reviews
“Bill Meehan and Kim Jonker have decades of experience in rigorously evaluating what makes organizations operate–or fail to operate–at a high level. In Engine of Impact, they leverage that deep knowledge to create a smart, compelling guide to doing good by leading well.”
Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase
“Bill Meehan and Kim Jonker have written a playbook for those who are not satisfied with doing some good, but want to do as much good as they can with their time and talents. This is a vital topic, and I’m excited to see how the next generation of nonprofit leaders applies the ideas and insights in this book.”
Cari Tuna, Co-founder and President, Good Ventures, and Managing Director, Open Philanthropy Project
“The social sector has long needed a book like this one, which emphasizes a businesslike approach to doing good at scale. When the bottom line is measured by impact on human lives, the best intentions are never enough. By applying lessons in management excellence, this book will help nonprofits achieve significantly better results.”
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC
