Management In A Changing World

INTRODUCTION

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

—Proverb

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.”

—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you're reading this book, you're here to make a difference. You're working for immigrant rights, workers’ rights, healthcare reform, and reproductive justice. You're fighting to end poverty, voter disenfranchisement, mass incarceration, and climate crisis. You're striving to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people; disabled people; and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). You're pushing to make government work better for people of all identities. You're shaping the next generation's minds and lives. You have a vision of change and possibility for the communities you care about—and you feel a sacred responsibility to do all you can to make it a reality.

If you're reading this book, you also have the great responsibility—and the great power—of being a manager. Maybe you've just been promoted to a leadership role at a nonprofit or school. Maybe you were just elected or appointed into office. Maybe you've been at this for 30 years. Wherever you are in your career, you're looking for guidance on using your power and responsibility more effectively.

In today's rapidly changing world, managers need this kind of guidance more than ever. We've seen dramatically shifting expectations of what power and responsibility should look like ...