Resources

Leadership Resources

  • Founder's Syndrome occurs when a single individual or a small group of individuals bring an organization through tough times (a start-up, a growth spurt, a financial collapse, etc.). Often these sorts of situations require a strong passionate personality - someone who can make fast decisions and motivate people to action.

  • Dr. Barbara Andres, LMSW, PhD, executive director of Breakthrough
    Doctoral Dissertation

Clubhouse/Mental Health Agency Resources

  • A brief summary of leadership research in Clubhouse services.

  • Social Marketing of a nonprofit agency can be difficult when the primary customer of the organization is part of a stigmatized segment of the population. Organizations that serve participant groups that are perceived as a threat to society face the dilemma that public awareness of their mission promotes negative marketing. This paper addresses the challenges of developing a viable marketing plan to promote community buy-in for a nonprofit agency that serves people who have a mental illness.

  • This paper reviews the literature on power and authority as it relates to participative leadership focusing on the Servant and Self Leadership Styles. The paper compares and contrasts Servant and Self Leadership and relates it to issues of power and control in a Clubhouse Model Mental Health Program.

  • A presentation at the Eastern Clubhouse Conf March 2009

  • A power-point presentation from the Eastern Clubhouse Conference March 2009

  • Power-point presentation from Michigan Clubhouse Con March 2009

  • Power-point presentation from Michigan Clubhouse Conference 2009