To Lead Is to Serve: How to Attract Volunteers & Keep Them

by Shar McBee

To Lead Is to Serve is about a quick and easy way to transform a group of volunteers into a thriving organization. Organizations have increased volunteers as much as 500% using this book. Triple your membership. Increase attendance. Make it easy for people to say YES to you. To Lead is to Serve has been fostering and nourishing new leaders since it was first published in 1994.

Genres: Leadership

Paperback

First published February 1, 1994

Reviews

[Breanne West · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone that has to lead a group of volunteers this books provides excellent insight on how to deploy some easy behaviors to use that will help build lasting bonds and create appreciation for people that give their time.

[Hermione]

My second full-time job of late is volunteering - The Junior League of Cleveland, the Susan G. Komen Northeast Ohio Race for the Cure, and Women in Sports and Events. Anyone who has worked with volunteers, or even personally volunteered understands that there is a distinction between employees and volunteers. Thsy must be treated quite differently. This books helps clarify how adopting a servant-leader mindset will not only help in attracting volunteers, but in retaining those you currently have and in making their volunteer experience as valuable for them as it is for the organizations they assist.

[Franc Woods · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insights into servant leadership that goes beyond working with volunteers. This one will need a "slow" re-read and some practice with the exercises at the end of each chapter.

[Mike Dunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has very good ideas for working with people.