Leading Out-of-the-Box Change

In Leading Out-of-the-Box Change, leadership expert Doug Eadie draws from his quarter century of experience working with nonprofit and public leaders to provide you with practical, thoroughly tested guidance for leading the kind of organizational change that nurtures stability and growth. In four succinct chapters, Doug describes the critical leadership role of the chief executive officer as Innovator-in-Chief; lays out the key elements of a powerful change-planning tool (the Change Investment Portfolio Process); and describes how to transform your organization's governing body into a committed owner of out-of-the-box change initiatives. In the Postscript the author shares his thinking about the personal application of the Change Investment Portfolio Process to build richer, more satisfying professional and personal lives.

In his path-breaking new book, Leading Out-of-the-Box Change: The Chief Executive’s Essential Guide to Achieving Nonprofit Innovation and Growth, leadership expert Doug Eadie draws from his quarter century of experience working with nonprofit and public leaders to provide you with practical, thoroughly tested guidance for leading the kind of out-of-the-box change that is critical to your organization’s long-range stability and growth. Doug describes the critical leadership role of the chief executive officer as Innovator-in-Chief and lays out the key elements of a powerful new change-planning tool that you can apply to take command of vision-driven change: the Change Investment Portfolio Process. Doug also describes how to transform your organization’s governing body into a strong advocate for—and committed owner of—out-of-the-box change initiatives. In the book’s Postscript, the author also discusses the personal application of the Change Investment Portfolio Process to build richer, more satisfying professional and personal lives.

Doug Eadie is the founder and president of Doug Eadie & Company, a firm that specializes in helping nonprofit and public organizations develop board and CEO leadership capacity, build solid board-CEO partnerships, and take command of strategic change. During the past twenty-five years, Doug has worked with more than 500 public and nonprofit organizations. He is the author of eighteen books on nonprofit leadership in addition to Leading Out-of-the-Box Change, including The Blind Visionary, Building a Rock-Solid Partnership With Your Board, and Meeting the Governing Challenge. Before founding his consulting practice, Doug held several senior positions in the nonprofit and public sectors. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana and received his master of science degree from the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University.