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!

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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!

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