How can we examine and address the nonprofit leadership dilemma? Nonprofit board members
and executives, caught between a desire to advance a mission of service and a need to participate
in the marketplace to acquire resources, are struggling to find scholarly direction that provides
appropriate guidance while not succumbing to models of management designed by and for
profit-oriented businesses. The Ten Building Blocks of Nonprofit Leadership is a new model of
leadership that reconciles this dilemma through the articulation of ten key traits that distinguish
the nonprofit leader and directs leadership behaviors in such a way as to retain the unique
identity and contributions of the independent sector.