Community Matters: Leadership and Convening Leadership

November 29, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Leadership and Convening Leadership

The convening leadership framework emphasizes convening leaders can bring together diverse stakeholders and lead them toward solving complex societal and global issues. When stakeholders come to a collaborative table, they often have both stated and [...]

Community Matters: Leadership and Servant Leadership

November 22, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Leadership and Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership holds profound significance as a philosophical approach to leadership. At the forefront of this influential concept is Robert Greenleaf (1977), who emphasized the paramount importance of leaders assuming the role of servants, prioritizing [...]

Community Matters: Leadership and Transformational Leadership Theory

November 15, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Leadership and Transformational Leadership Theory

Leadership theories explore the dynamics between leaders, followers, and the broader organizational or societal context. By studying leadership theories, we gain insights into different leadership styles, behaviors, traits, and their impact on individuals, teams, and [...]

Community Matters: Leadership and LMX Leadership Theory

November 8, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Leadership and LMX Leadership Theory

In this multi-part series, our journey continues to delve into the foundational principle of convening leadership, which involves gaining a profound understanding of oneself through exploring leadership theories. In Part I, we examined the authentic [...]

Community Matters: Leadership Theories and Authentic Leadership

November 1, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Leadership Theories and Authentic Leadership

The essence of convening leadership can be summarized as follows: knowing yourself, striving for excellence, embracing diversity and inclusion through collaborative efforts, serving others through organizational and administrative actions, and developing a toolkit to employ [...]

Community Matters: Reflecting on Leadership Development

October 25, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Reflecting on Leadership Development

I cannot precisely recall when I recognized that organizing Girl Scout or Little League meetings, overseeing events, or managing my household required leadership skills, resulting in leading others toward their desired achievements. My roles and [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor and Stakeholder Tension

October 18, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor and Stakeholder Tension

In an earlier article, effective convening leaders were seen as those who a) possess self-awareness and comprehend how their fundamental beliefs, values, and attitudes can impact the outcome of collaborations; b) value the development of [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part III

October 11, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part III

Have you ever attended an event or a meeting where it was clear that the organizer had not adequately prepared for it? This article will explore the practical aspects of how organization leads to successful [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part II Administration

October 4, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part II Administration

The nonprofit sector is unique due to its limited resources and mission-driven focus and often requires professionals to possess a diverse skill set and wear multiple hats. Professionals in this sector must be versatile, adaptable, [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part I

September 27, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor’s Skill Set Part I

Collaboration is essential to success in many fields, and convening leaders are critical in facilitating and managing these collaborative efforts. To be effective in this role, convening leaders must possess various skills and qualities to [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor’s Value of Diversity and Inclusion

September 20, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor’s Value of Diversity and Inclusion

Characteristically, diversity and inclusion include the demographic information of a population or group of people, such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, education level, occupation, income, marital status, family size, geographic location, language spoken, religion, [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor’s Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

September 13, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor’s Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Convening leadership entails uniting various stakeholders to work together toward solving global and societal issues. Through my research, I have identified five best practices of convening leadership that, when applied by a convenor, can help [...]

Community Matters: Convening Leadership

September 6, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Convening Leadership

In today's complex society, communities face numerous wicked problems requiring collaborative action. A wicked problem is a social or cultural problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of its complex and interconnected nature. [...]

Community Matters: The Convenor

August 29, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Convenor

In today's complex society, communities face numerous wicked problems requiring collaborative action. Convenors are the master orchestrators bringing together diverse stakeholders, perspectives, ideas, and resources to create something more significant than the sum of its [...]

Stakeholder Diversity in Collaborative Efforts

August 14, 2023|Comments Off on Stakeholder Diversity in Collaborative Efforts

For as far back as I can recall, nonprofit organizations have deliberated the importance of stakeholder diversity in boardrooms, staff,  and outreach programs. This week’s column emphasizes the significance of stakeholder diversity in collaborative efforts. [...]

Community Matters: Nonprofit Stakeholders

August 8, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Nonprofit Stakeholders

According to Mitchell et al. (1997), a stakeholder is any individual or group who can affect or is affected by achieving an organization's objectives. Stakeholders influence the nonprofit organization's ability to fulfill its mission; they [...]

Community Matters: Philanthropy

July 31, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Philanthropy

Philanthropy in the United States traces back to the 17th century. During this period, religious organizations and charities founded by European settlers conducted acts of charity and practiced charitable giving. In the 18th century, a [...]

Barriers to Collaboration

July 19, 2023|Comments Off on Barriers to Collaboration

Collaboration is a complex, multifaceted concept that encompasses a range of intricacies and nuances, posing challenges on various fronts and requiring adeptness in managing diverse perspectives and interests, especially when it intersects with mitigating factors [...]

Radical Collaboration

July 13, 2023|Comments Off on Radical Collaboration

I recently had the opportunity to participate in an online webinar organized by Merits, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of people at work. The webinar centered around the release of Merits' upcoming [...]

Community Matters: Nonprofit Professionals

July 5, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Nonprofit Professionals

In the Spring River Area of Arkansas, comprised of the cities of Ash Flat, Cherokee Village, Highland, and Hardy, in the United States, you will find dedicated people serving to make life better for the [...]

Community Matters: Why Nonprofit Organizations Are Important in Our Communities

June 28, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Why Nonprofit Organizations Are Important in Our Communities

The nonprofit sector responds to crises as they often play essential roles during natural disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, social and political disruptions, and health pandemics like COVID-19. The Centre for Research in Epidemiology of [...]

Community Matters: The Nature of Nonprofit Organizations

June 26, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: The Nature of Nonprofit Organizations

The nonprofit sector is formidable and plays an essential role in the economic and social services delivery systems to address wicked problems. Wicked problems are complex social or cultural problems with an unknown number of [...]

Community Matters: Introduction

April 21, 2023|Comments Off on Community Matters: Introduction

Have you given thought to what constitutes a community? Or if community matters? Or, even better, how you connect and interact with your community? Community is all-encompassing of its citizens, models of society, governance, community [...]

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