Featuring the nonprofit life stage assessment

The life stage model is a powerful tool for understanding — objectively — your organization's current status and preparing it to move ahead to the future. This useful guide helps you understand where your organization is in its life and how to avoid unnecessary struggles and act on opportunities to boost your organization's development.

"THE FIVE STAGES OF GROWTH" IS THE PERSONAL TESTAMENT OF LESTER YOUNG'S RESILIENCE WHILE STANDING IN THE FACE OF DIFFERENT ADVERSITIES HE FACED DAILY DURING HIS INCARCERATION. FROM CHILDHOOD INSECURITIES, THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, AND BEING SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON, "THE FIVE STAGES OF GROWTH", UNCOVERS HOW LESTER'S VISION OF HIS PURPOSE WAS REVEALED TO HIM THROUGH HIS PAIN AND HOW THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALING IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THEIR PAST DEFINES THEM. FOR LESTER, HIS PAST ONLY PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT TO AMPLIFY HIS FUTURE.

Presents a developmental perspective on nonprofit capacity and its relationship to increased performance and effectiveness.

An exciting exploration of the spiritual passages we go through as we age—from midlife crises to the search for inner purpose—and the rich possibilities they offer for fulfillment in the life journey. Based on twenty years of research, The Five Stages of the Soul is the first book to focus squarely on the spiritual passages that the majority of us go through, offering readers a detailed road map of their quest for meaning and self-discovery. Interweaving psychology, religion, myth, and literature, Harry Moody—in the bestselling tradition of Joseph Campbell, Thomas Moore, and Scott Peck—charts the passages of countless individuals across the country who have journeyed through the five stages of spiritual awakening common to almost all of us: the Call, the Search, the Struggle, the Breakthrough, and finally, the Return. Dr. Moody's insightful and wonderfully affirming narrative reveals the challenges and opportunities offered us by the spiritual stages we go through as we explore the question of meaning in our lives.

The Five Stages of Me is a story of my journey through life. I have found that although we grieve the loss of loved ones, we tend to forget that we grieve losing ourselves as well. There comes a time that you hit a roadblock created by your own fears and you go through stages trying to find your way around it. Sometimes the only way to get out of the situation is to go THROUGH it. Five Stages will take you through the roller coaster that I have endured. My ups and downs, pains and joys. You will see it all. In order for me to help you move forward, I needed to be fully honest and show you a woman who has struggled yet found her way. I cannot speak on what I have not experienced. I hope you find peace in reading this book and allow yourself to go THROUGH the roadblock to get to your victory. All you need to do is walk ... What is your next move?