Heather Carpenter and Tera Wozniak Qualls, along with Alexis S. Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “The Talent Development Platform,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Talent Development is all about guiding those rock star staff members who are able to contribute to the organization’s impact and success. This may be a foreign concept in our sector. Trish Tchume, … [Read more...]
The Performance Imperative: A Framework for Social Sector Excellence
"The Performance Imperative: A Framework for Social Sector Excellence, the result of a full year of collaborative work by the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, a group of nonprofit leaders coalesced and coordinated by the Leap of Reason team (leapofreason.org), makes it debut today. The framework details the seven organizational competencies that can help nonprofits achieve high performance and deliver greater social impact - the holy grail of the social sector. The competencies … [Read more...]
Shadowing To Learn Web Video: DoGooder Awards Voting
Recently, I've been reading the ideas from The Presencing Institute (PI), an action-research community that "creates social technologies, builds capacities, and generates holding spaces for profound societal renewal." The Presencing Institute grew out of the MIT Center for Organizational Learning, which was founded by Peter Senge and his colleagues. The word "Presencing" blends the words “presence” and “sensing” and works through “seeing from our deepest source.” It's a systems leadership … [Read more...]
I-WE-IT Framework: Transformative Leadership for Social Change
On April 6-8th, I'm co-facilitating a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and Justin Ferrell. The retreat curriculum is built around the ALF's "I-WE-IT" - skills that today's social change leaders need as we move towards more collective approaches. You can learn more and register here. What is I-WE-IT? This an impact to impact developed and practiced by the American Leadership Forum in Silicon Valley, a network of social change … [Read more...]
The Intersection of Systems and Network Leadership
Found when researching systems thinking. Such a friendly visual...telescopes, tents, and teddy bears. #netlead pic.twitter.com/gmb9TYyifz — Rebecca Arno (@rarno) February 3, 2015 I'm facilitating a peer learning course on practical networked leadership skills with a group of community foundation leaders for the Knight Digital Media Center and part of the "practice" is having conversations and sharing thought provoking ideas with our professional networks via social media. Rebecca Arno was … [Read more...]
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