Professional Resources






Jewish Community Services offers professional development workshops for social workers and other human service providers. JCS is approved by the State Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I Continuing Education Credits for Social Workers and Psychologists.” For a list of workshops being offered by the JCS Institute for Professional Development, click here http://www.jcsbaltimore.org/articlenav.php?id=46
              
 
Development Resource Group - DRG
Click through for articles and audio interviews from the DRG library of leadership

Jerusalem Consulting Group - JCG
For leadership and management and philanthropy resources go to the Jerusalem Consulting Group

 
 
United Jewish Communities - UJC FEREP
 
The Center for Creative Leadership has LIVE WEBINARS on “Leading Effectively.”
 
            
 
MyJewishCoach.com – Fall teleclass series
The first session is November 11: “How to get the most out of your current job in a tough economy”
Sign up today
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bibliography of Articles
 

 
On Finding a Teacher, Darrell D. Friedman as Mentor
 

Challenges and Opportunities in Building Human and Financial Capital for the Jewish Community in the 21st Century, 
by Marc B. Terrill, President, The ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore (click here)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oy, Such Choices, by Debroah Greyson Riegel (click here)

The Sixty Second Spark by Vicki Hess (click here)

 
Books on Management and Leadership
 
                    
Recommendations on Leadership
 
Covey, Stephen R., Principle-Centered Leadership
Guiliani, Rudolph W., Leadership
Lewis, Hal, From Sanctuary to Boardroom: A Jewish Approach to Leadership
http://hallewis.com (Jewish Leadership)
Goldsmith, Marshall, What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There
Cohen, Norman J., Moses and the Journey to Leadership:
            Lessons Of Effective Management From The Bible – Today’s Leaders
Laufer, Nathan, The Genesis of Leadership: What The Bible Teaches Us About Vision,
            Values, And Leading Change?
Collins, Jim, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t
Collins, Jim, Good to Great in the Social Sector: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Boyatzis, Richard E., Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
Putnam, Robert, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Kaye, Beverley, Up is Not the Only Way 
www.hbr.com (Harvard Business Review)
http://www.drgnyc.com (non-profit work)
 
 
Recommendations on Conflict Management
 
Heifetz, Ronald and Linsky, Marty, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading, “Orchestrating Conflict”
Scott, Lisa, Difficult Conversations
Goldman, Dan, Primal Leadership
Lencioni, Patrick, Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable “Death by Meeting”
 
Recommendations on Managing Your Career
 
Fisher, Ury and Patton, Getting to Yes
Rath, Tom and Clifton, Donald O., How Full is Your Bucket? Positives Strategies for Work and Life
Letts, Christine, Ryan, William P., Grossman, Allen, High Performance Non-Profit Organizations
Senge, Peter, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
Blanchard, Ken, Servant Leader
Harvard Business Review on Managing Your Career
 
Recommendations on Jewish Community and Learning
 
Fallon, Janet Ruth, The Jewish Journaling Book: How to Use Jewish Tradition to Write Your Life and Explore Your Soul
Hoffman, Edward, Jewish Wisdom: A Journal
Elazar, Daniel, Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry
JPS Hebrew-English Tanach(pocket edition)
Diner, Hasia, The Jews of the United States, 1654-2000
Sarna, Jonathan, American Judaism: A History
Shavit, Brad Artson, Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom
Greenberg, Rabbi Irving, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
Cohen, Steven and Eisen, Arnold M., The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America
Shay, Scott, Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry
 
 
Other Recommended Reading
 
Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point
Tannen, Deborah, Talking from 9 – 5: Women and Men in the Workplace
 

DFI Can Coordinate Your Professional Development Needs DFI can deliver professional skills based training for your conference. Baltimore is the city of choice for conferences and conventions for Jewish professionals. Training has never been more critical and DFI can make it more convenient for you. With tighter budgets and bigger workloads, DFI can deliver more value to you at your conference location in Baltimore.
Convenient – seminars are scheduled around your needs
Cost-effective –groups of employees are trained, which significantly reduces your costs
Flexible – seminars are delivered in 1, 2 or 3 day formats
Consistent – every employee has the same learning experience
Practical – staff learn skills from DFI’s cadre of area professionals
The following seminar topics have proven to be DFI’s most popular on-site seminars.
Time Management
Stress Management
Negotiation And Interviewing For Success
Communication And Interpersonal Skills
Working With Volunteers
Working With Lay Leaders And Committees
Marketing
Writing
Supervision
Am I A Jewish Professional 24/7?
Budget Development
Building A Board
Development And Fundraising
Israel Advocacy
Public Speaking
Ethics In The Workplace
Meeting Management
Other seminar topics are available, and we work together with your staff to coordinate and develop individualized workshops.

Please contact us at rgreenstein@thedfi.org or call us at 410 578-6983 for more information.
  
Managance Above -
Pronounced: ma-nij- ən(t)s\ -noun
Managance is about organizing, administering and supervising with intention to produce great results. Managance Above is about going over the top and exceeding expectations in achieving your mission.
Click here to view Managance Newsletter
 
Union Reform Judaism (URJ) publishes a weekly newsletter Eilu V'eilu.
Eilu V'Eilu is produced by the URJ Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning. Visit our website for more information.  
  1. The Jewish Journaling Book: How to Use Jewish Tradition to Write Your Life and Explore Your Soul By: Janet Ruth Fallon
  2. Jewish Wisdom: A Journal  By: Edward Hoffman
  3. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t  By: Jim Collins
  4. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence  By: Richard E. Boyatzis
  5. Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry  By: Daniel Elazar
  6. JPS Hebrew-English Tanach(pocket edition)
  7. The Jews of the United States, 1654-2000 By: Hasia Diner
  8. American Judaism: A History By: Jonathan Sarna
  9. Leadership on the Line  By: Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky
  10. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community  By: Robert Putnam
  11. Getting to Yes – Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In  By: Roger Fisher and William Ury
  12. The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America  By: Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen
  13. Good to Great in the Social Sector: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great  By: Jim Collins 
  14. The Genesis of Leadership: What the Bible Teaches Us About Vision, Values, and Leading Change  By: Nathan Laufer
  15. Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom  By: Brad Artson Shavit 
  16. Up is Not the Only Way  By: Beverley Kaye
  17. Tipping Point  By: Malcolm Gladwell 
  18. Talking from 9 – 5: Women and Men in the Workplace by:  Deborah Tannen
  19. The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays  By: Rabbi Irving Greenberg 
 
 
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