Essential Business Skills for Social Work Managers: Tools for Optimizing Programs and Organizations

As a social worker who has worked for seventeen years in a business setting -- I lead the team at a multinational corporation that provides behavioral health services to employees, business leaders, and work groups -- I wish this book had been around when I was in my MSW program. The author introduces budgeting, strategic planning, performance management, and other topics that most of us social work types find less than exciting and he does so in a way that's engaging and easy to grasp. This makes the book an invaluable gift because these skills make for healthy organizations, the kind that empower social workers to practice most effectively. Those who aspire to become leaders will do themselves (and their future team members and organizational clients) a favor and read this book.