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Meeting hosted by Leadership Learning Community and Monitor Institute. More info here: http://www.leadershipforanewera.org/page/Leadership+and+Neworks+Bay+Area+Circle+January+31%2C+2011
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Bay Area Leadership Learning Circle:A Conversation on
Leadership & Networks
January 2011
@leadershipera @workingwikily#leadershipnet
• Establish meaningful connections
• Explore and test key ideas & questions presented in the synthesis on leadership and networks
• Talk about opportunities to continue this conversation in other venues
Objectives
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Leadership for a New Era
Leadership for a New Era: Inclusive, Networked & Collective Leadership
• Engaging 200 participants
• 3 products: publications, assessment tools, interactive website & directories
• 4 topics: Leadership and Race, Leadership and Networks, Collective Leadership, Leadership Across Difference
Leadership & Networks
Our focus is …• Promote a network
mindset
• Strengthen leadership in networks
• Challenge current limitations
Our Thought Partners Include…
Leadership and Network Capacity
Networks Nonprofit Leadership
Leadership & Network Capacity
The Opportunity at the Intersection of Networks and Nonprofit Leadership
Why Invest in Network Leadership
The value of collective leadership networks is in their capacity to solve problems quickly in an environment of uncertainty and complexity.
Traditional Model
Support for Individual Leadership Skills
Strong Organization Better Community Results
Source: Adapted from Leadership for a New Era / Leadership Learning Community
We Will Not Reach the Change we Seek, Supporting One Leader at a Time
Traditional Leadership Mindset
NEW Collective Leadership Mindset
Current Leadership Investment Areas: Individuals and Organizations
Change level targeted
Individual capacity
Organizational capacity
Network capacity
Systems capacity
Individual
Organization
Community
Field
What is a Network?
Types of Networks
Networks are many different organizations working in concert as equal partners pursuing a common social or civic purpose over a sustained period of time.
Paul Vandeventer, Networks that Work
A social network is a set of people (or organizations or other social entities) connected by a set of social relationships, such as friendship, co-working, or information exchange.
Audrey Jordan, Tapping the Power of Social Networks
Informal Networks Formal Networks
Networked Devices + Connected People = Healthier Communities
Source: “The Future of Health is Social” Fast Company, Jennifer Kilian and Barbara Pantuso
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African Public Health Leadership and Systems Innovation Initiative
Image Source: http://www.synergos.org/partnerships/publichealthnamibia.htm
A partnership between Synergos, McKinsey & Co., the Presencing Institute, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health performance in Namibia.
Network Basics
• Network benefits– Increased access– Rapid growth and diffusion– Increased impact– Resilience
• Network costs– Lots of investment of time and resources on relationship building– Loss of control
Rethinking Leadership: Network Approach
Distributed Action & Collective Impact
Experimentation & Learning
Trust & Reciprocity
Network Competency
Transparency
Bridging and weaving
• Create and hold space with a clear sense of purpose
• Weave the network
• Reach across boundaries
• Nurture trust and reciprocity
• Bridge differences
• Encourage self-organizing and self-authorizing
• Leverage tools for connection and coordination
• Align action
• Provide multiple points of entry and engagement
• Model leading with a network mindset
Core Leadership Competencies For Working in Networks
Recommendations
• Think big & commit to large scale change• Develop network thinking and learn new tools• Engage in action learning• Catalyze new networks and strengthen
existing networks• Evaluate the impact of networks• Provide resources to networks
Pop Up Panel
Open Space
Four Principles & One Law ofOpen Space
Law: The Law of MobilityPrinciples:• Whoever shows up is the right group• Whatever happens is the only thing that could
have • Whenever it starts is the right time• When its over its over
What’s Next?
Get Involved!
www.leadershipforanewera.org
Join Leadership for a New Era
website
Share ideas and questions
Connect with other members
Participate in events and webinars
Check out the resources section and add resources
Download the final publication later this year!
Contact Us
www.leadershipforanewera.orgTwitter.com/LeadershipEra
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