The 5 Truths for Transformational Leaders

Use mission-driven leadership to create dramatic growth at your nonprofit

In TheFive Truths for Transformational Leaders: How Nonprofit Organizations Thrive, Grow, and Make a Profound Difference, former Chief Strategy Officer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Ed Mishrell, delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to achieve extraordinary results when leading nonprofit organizations. The author explains how to use your organization’s mission as your north star and build an exciting, growing, and thriving nonprofit.

You’ll benefit from the book’s step-by-step guidance and advice as it outlines the five key principles of mission-driven leadership. You’ll also discover incisive quotes and observations from board members and staff leaders at fast-growing nonprofit organizations you can apply to your own nonprofit for immediate results.

The book also offers:

• Strategies for eliminating or repairing ineffective systems and practices that are holding your organization back
• Techniques for centering your nonprofit’s mission in everything it does
• Ways to build - and execute - a mission-driven strategy

A start-to-finish blueprint for exceptional, growth-oriented nonprofit leadership, TheFive Truths for Transformational Leaders will revolutionize the work of every nonprofit board member, manager, and leader who reads it.

ED MISHRELL (retired) was the Chief Strategy Officer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) from 2010 to 2019. He led the development and deployment of BGCA’s strategic and operating plans. He is a sought-after speaker and presenter and has led hundreds of leadership training programs at various regional and national conferences.