Most approaches to nonprofit organizational leadership are borrowed from
the for-profit sector. But these models are often inadequate to address
the issues nonprofit leaders face. We need a new framework for
nonprofit management that is rooted in historical precedent and biblical
principles yet is also appropriate for the nonprofit context. Nonprofit
consultant and researcher Kent Wilson presents a comprehensive model
for steward leadership, in which leaders act as stewards or trustees,
never as owners. Scripture and history give concrete examples of
stewards who manage resources on behalf of others for the good of
others. Wilson applies this classical understanding of the steward to
modern organizational management, defining and developing steward
leadership as an alternative to its cousin, servant leadership. Steward
leadership offers great hope for the transformation and effectiveness of
nonprofit leadership for stakeholders, board members, executive
directors and staff members. Designed by a nonprofit leader for
nonprofit leaders, this fresh approach to leadership gives you a new
focus to lead your organization with excellence.
