Building Organizational Resilience

A guide for a secure future

John Cammack, Gopal Rao

• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781788534536
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Index: Social Sciences

This book is a practical survival guide for leaders and development practitioners who need to strengthen their organization's resilience and secure its long-term financial sustainability. In the current context of significant reductions in all forms of funding, it provides a step-by-step process to help you assess your organization, rethink your programmes, and realign your work with the needs of partners and communities, so you can stay true to your mission while adapting to change. Written primarily for the not-for-profit sector ? including civil society organizations (CSOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations and social enterprises ? the insights and tools shared here are equally valuable for funding organizations working with partners, such as international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), foundations and government agencies. The text and practical activities can be used with learners in academic institutions and training organizations. Recognising that every organization and its context is unique, the book will empower and support your organization to create a tailored resilience plan ? one that fits your reality and positions your organization to thrive, no matter what challenges arise.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Boxes, figures, and tables
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• About the authors
• Glossary
• Preface
• Part I: The need for more resilience
• Introduction to resilience
• 1. Trends in a changing world
• Part II: Assessing the current situation and how to transform it
• 2. Organizational and people resilience
• Part III: Creating a resilient future: Organizational resilience
• 3. Attitudes and mindset
• 4. Mission model
• 5. Diversifying: Alternatives to donor addiction
• 6. Strategic realignment
• Part IV: Creating a resilient future: Financial sustainability
• 7. Financial sustainability and leadership
• 8. Strengthening financial capacity
• 9. Financial planning and budgeting
• 10. Financial monitoring and performance
• Part V: Building and implementing an integrated resilience strategy
• 11. Developing an integrated resilience strategy
• 12. Implementing the resilience strategy
• Appendix A: Recognizing your mindset
• Appendix B: Questions about setting up a business or social enterprise
• Appendix C: Writing a business plan
• Appendix D: Review of financial sustainability
• Appendix E: Break-even analysis
• Appendix F: An example of calculating trend analysis and key performance indicators from a set of year-end financial statements
• References and resources
• Index
• Back Cover