Too Important to Fail: Leadership Lessons for Nonprofits

Toni Pergolin shares her experiences that showcase the extreme challenges nonprofit leaders face, and the sheer will necessary to survive during difficult times. Toni brings her business and leadership principles to the fore in dispelling the myths about nonprofits, and details how they must be applied to financial management for long-term success.

Too Important to Fail is the extraordinary story of how a 136-year old human services organization went from operating on the edge of bankruptcy, without merging, without missing a payroll -- or even closing for a single day -- to becoming an agile organization that is positioned to sustain itself for years to come. It not only serves as a real life example of how to save a nonprofit organization, but demonstrates why nonprofits are just too important to fail.

The leadership lessons would be valuable for:
-Nonprofit leaders;
-Board members;
-Nonprofit staff members;
-Philanthropists; those who rely on nonprofits for critical services

This book also examines the challenges and misconceptions that so many nonprofits face: why they must operate like a for-profit business, what it takes to lead an organization out of a disaster, and understanding the importance of philanthropy.