
Achieving With Volunteers
Managing those who give their time and effort freely
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-83615-632-1 (ISBN)
Description
Should volunteers be managed - or is that anathema? Do volunteers seek reward - or would they then become employees? Two of many questions asked by those seeking to manage people who give their time and effort freely. Questions asked by those seeking to motivate volunteers and win their commitment. Two of many questions answered in this book.
Achieving with Volunteers sets out the actions needed by managers in local, regional, national and international civil society organisations (CSOs) to achieve great things with volunteers. Importantly, it discusses the issues that managers of volunteers will inevitably encounter in striving for performance, productivity, and results.
This book builds practical models that managers of volunteers can follow and adapt to get the very best from their people. This first edition is right up to date, considering both the modern-day slow decline of volunteer numbers and the growth of tech both threatening and enhancing jobs.
Achieving with Volunteers sets out the actions needed by managers in local, regional, national and international civil society organisations (CSOs) to achieve great things with volunteers. Importantly, it discusses the issues that managers of volunteers will inevitably encounter in striving for performance, productivity, and results.
This book builds practical models that managers of volunteers can follow and adapt to get the very best from their people. This first edition is right up to date, considering both the modern-day slow decline of volunteer numbers and the growth of tech both threatening and enhancing jobs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Claygate
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83615-632-1 (9781836156321)
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John Berry has given almost forty years of part-time volunteering effort primarily covering youth and education with over 20 years spent with the Scouts. As a management consultant, he has worked with large and small, national and local civil society organisations. He has seen the good and the bad of the sector. John is an alumnus of Loughborough University, the Open University Business School and Birkbeck, University of London, in technology, management and organisational psychology. He is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. As a technology manager he was a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
For 40 years Sue Berry has volunteered in education, delivering for beneficiaries, and chairing local and national governance committees. As a consultant, she has helped managers in civil society organisations navigate complex cases, primarily in recruitment and discipline. She is a Queen's Guide and Queen's Scout with many years volunteering with the Scouts. Sue is an alumna of Newcastle University, De Montfort University and the Open University in education, human resource management and psychology & economics. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has Qualified Teacher Status.
For 40 years Sue Berry has volunteered in education, delivering for beneficiaries, and chairing local and national governance committees. As a consultant, she has helped managers in civil society organisations navigate complex cases, primarily in recruitment and discipline. She is a Queen's Guide and Queen's Scout with many years volunteering with the Scouts. Sue is an alumna of Newcastle University, De Montfort University and the Open University in education, human resource management and psychology & economics. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has Qualified Teacher Status.
Content
1 DEVELOPING STRATEGY
2 UNDERSTANDING VOLUNTEERS
3 ORGANISING VOLUNTEERS
4 FINDING AND ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS
5 LEADING VOLUNTEERS
6 MANAGING VOLUNTEERS
8 MANAGING VOLUNTEER RELATIONS
9 DEVELOPING VOLUNTEERS
10 VOLUNTEER WELLBEING
11 MAKING CHANGE
12 BECOMING A MANAGER
2 UNDERSTANDING VOLUNTEERS
3 ORGANISING VOLUNTEERS
4 FINDING AND ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS
5 LEADING VOLUNTEERS
6 MANAGING VOLUNTEERS
8 MANAGING VOLUNTEER RELATIONS
9 DEVELOPING VOLUNTEERS
10 VOLUNTEER WELLBEING
11 MAKING CHANGE
12 BECOMING A MANAGER