Welcome
We have purposefully named this edition of NPQ “Leadership Without A Safety Net” to draw readers away from the emphasis on strategic career development and toward a focus on leading for impact and effectiveness. These two objectives often seem to diverge.

The Nonprofit Ethicist
What to do with “dirty” money, and why a bad deed usually doesn’t go unpunished.
by Woods Bowman

Powerful Nonprofit Leadership: The D Factor
Should your context drive your leadership style? NPQ’s editors think so.
by the editors

Boards and Leadership Hires: How to Get It Right
The hiring of a new executive director is one of the most important jobs of a board, but many make missteps that are hard to reverse.
by Deborah Linnell

Gap or Pap: Generational Differences at Work
Is there is a real difference between what generations want and expect from a workplace?
by Jennifer J. Deal

The Bright Future of Community Building
Traditional approaches toward community building may do more to push people away than engage them.
by Bill Traynor

A Leader’s Guide to Executive Coaching
When is it time to call a coach, and what should you expect a coach to do?
by David Coleman

The Nonprofit ED’s First 100 Days
What should a new executive do—and not do—in the first 100 days?
by Oliver Tessier and Ruth McCambridge

Special Supplement
The Evolution of Nonprofit Management Programs
Here’s the inside scoop from those who teach on what’s changing in nonprofit management education.
by Judith Millesen

NPQ Nonprofit Management Education Directory 2008
The Nonprofit Quarterly in collaboration with Seton Hall University lists nonprofit management education programs.

Departments
Philanthropy
Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism
It’s hot, but is there anything new in the new philanthropy?
by Michael Edwards

Human Resources
Volunteer Management: Once More with Meaning
Volunteer management is typically all upside-down trying to fit volunteers to the organization rather than the organization to the volunteers.
by Jennifer Woodill

Opinion
A Conversation with California Congressman Xavier Becerra
Daring to go where others fear to tread, a California congressman asks tough questions about whether nonprofits provide what taxpayers expect to get for their money.
by Rick Cohen

ARNOVA Abstracts
A selection of the most recent abstracts from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.

The Take-Away
A summary of the articles in this issue.

Classifieds

Satire
Eliminating Random Acts of Kindness by 2010
The National Bureau of Evaluation comes of age courtesy of brave advocates bucking the trend of fluff evaluations.
by Phil Anthrop