Collective Leadership: Nurturing Vibrant Organizations and Catalyzing

Community Change!

GEO Conference 2010

Why Collective Leadership?

“The value of collective leadership networks is in their capacity to solve problems quickly in an environment of uncertainty and complexity”

(Watts, 2004)

LCW: Revitalizing a Community

Images: Lawrence Community Works Website, Bruner Loeb Forum

Making Connections: Combating Poverty

• 30% increase in fifth grade reading scores

• Bilingual district wide report card

• State legislation to support parents school reform

Image: Annie E. Casey Foundation Website

“LLC anticipates the future and is a dynamic catalyst capable of creating a link from today’s issues in leadership development to tomorrow’s solutions.”

(Donna Stark, The Annie E. Casey Foundation)

Individual Leader Development

Individual Results

Strong Organizations

Community Results

We Will Not Reach the Change we Seek, One Leader at a Time

Traditional Leadership Mindset

NEW Collective Leadership Mindset

Leadership as a Process: 5 Key Elements

Inclusive, Networked & Collective Leadership

• Engaging 100+ participants

• 12-page publications

• Competency assessment tools

• Online resource directories

FourInteractive Learning

Sessions

Miho Kim, DataCenter:

Organizational Context

Barbara Squires, AEC:

Multi-stakeholder

Approach

Dale Nienow, CEL:

Community-based

Deborah Meehan, LLC:

Virtual Platform

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