Leadership for a New Era, or LNE, is a collaborative research initiative launched by the Leadership Learning Community that focuses on understanding how leadership can become more inclusive, networked and collective. We believe the dominant model that places a strong emphasis on the individual is limiting our ability to positively impact change in our society, so we have joined forces with a diverse group of funders, researchers, practitioners and consultants in the leadership development field to make sense of what it would take to start shifting the current thinking. While we have limited the focus of our exploration to four main areas: Leadership and Race, Leadership and Networks, Collective Leadership and Leadership Across Difference, we anticipate many other areas will emerge and welcome our contributors to take the lead in exploring them. For more information visit http://www.leadershipforanewera.org/

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Leadership for a New Era
(LNE)
Introductory Webinar
By: Leadership Learning Community

2. + A Collective Initiative
 Collaborative research and learning initiative initiated by the Leadership Learning
Community and developed with the advisory committee
 Mission: to promote a leadership model that supports inclusive, networked and
collective leadership
 Leadership…
 A relational process that connects vision, moral imperative and action
 Leadership that is inclusive, networked and collective can increase our ability to
achieve our desired future
 Leadership potential resides within everyone
 Requires a commitment to constant learning

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Why a new model?
 We must change our current approaches to leadership development in order
to provide the scope and quality of leadership needed to address the world’s
most significant social problems of the 21st century
 The current leadership model is limited
 Places a strong emphasis on the individual and not enough in groups and
communities
 Doesn’t recognize the leadership of people of color
 Doesn’t support cross-sectoral leadership
 The leadership landscape is changing
 Trend towards transferring leadership
 Election of Barack Obama: mobilization supported by networks, high level
of civic engagement, first African American president
 Development of new social technologies
Note: View the entire Leadership for a New Era concept paper for more information

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Unique Opportunity
 Establish relationships with peers in the fields of leadership
development, network development, and community
development
 Access the latest thinking and practices in these fields
 Share and get exposure for your materials and research
 Contribute to, and be part of, a growing network of
practitioners, researchers and funders who are committed to
promoting and supporting more inclusive, networked and
collective leadership.

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LNE Impact
Results:
Mobilize collective &
inclusive leadership
action
Leverage: Innovation:
Increase the reach of Explore leading edge
each other’s work ideas and practices
Collaborative
Learning:
Reflect together and
connect insights

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The Specifics
 Themes:
 Leadership and Race
 Leadership Networks
 Collective Leadership
 Leadership Across Differences
 Deliverables:
 Collaborative website: repository of information
 Series of 4 ground-breaking publications (format: 10-12
pages each)

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Content Overview
Context and Framing
• Why is change in our thinking and practice on this topic needed now (cite statistics,
research, scans to make a strong case for change)?
• What needs to change and what difference would those changes make?
Design
• What approaches/tools/resources will move leadership work in the desired direction?
• What design advice can be given on this topic to those who cultivate and support
leadership?
Evaluation
• How will we know if these approaches are helping move us toward increased social
equity?
• What outcomes related to this topic can/should be documented and measured to monitor
progress and impact?
Resources and Future Learning
• What are useful resources for further exploration and inquiry?
• Around what questions do we see need/opportunity for more action research?

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Leadership & Race
 Supporting people of color to take on advocacy and
leadership roles within their communities is a
prerequisite for reducing poverty and disparities
(PolicyLink)
 Leadership strategies provide an opportunity to
increase racial equity with an analysis that integrates
race consciousness into social justice work
 Framing questions:
 What do we need to learn to support more inclusive
leadership models?
 What approaches are successfully supporting and
enhancing the leadership of people of color?
 How can we create organizational climates and
foster change initiatives that are more supportive of
the leadership of people of color?

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Leadership & Networks
 Current technological developments and
organizing trends are rapidly increasing the
potential of networks to lead social change through
stronger connections, commitment and alignment
around purpose
 Framing questions:
 What program investment and design strategies
are successfully supporting the formation and
development of leadership networks within
communities and fields of practice?
 What are the implications for leadership
development practices to shift from thinking
about how to sustain networks, to how to unleash
them?
 What evaluation approaches demonstrate the
power and influence of networks?

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Engaging with LNE
Initial Deeper Partnership
Engagement Engagement • Content
• Share research • Conceptual development
• Connect framing • Writing
• Outreach • Convening • Funding
• Commenting

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Collaborative Website
 Easy-to-use: modifying a page
(adding, deleting and editing
content) is one click away
 Relevant conversations:
contributors can start
conversations on any page. All
the conversations will appear on
the Discussions section
www.leadershipforanewera.org
 Range of options: contributors
can share a wide range of
resources, from documents to
videos

12. + Timeline
2009 2010
09 10 11 12 01 02 03 04 05
Ongoing
discussion
Partner Partner
outreach & outreach &
review review
research research
Produce & Produce &
disseminate disseminate
synthesis synthesis
Synthesis Synthesis
engagement engagement
Leadership and
: f2f and : f2f and
Race,
Leadership and virtual virtual
Networks
Publish Publish
Collective publications publications
Leadership,
Leadership Across
Differences

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Our Advisory Committee
 Hanh Cao Yu, Social Policy Research  Sally Leiderman, Center for Assessment
Associates and Policy Development
 Colleen Coffey, Research Center for  Deborah Meehan, Leadership Learning
Leadership in Action, (NYU) Community
 David Cournoyer, Native Americans in  Elissa Perry, Think. Do. Repeat.
Philanthropy
 Janet Rechtman, Fanning Institute,
 Waad El Hadidy, Research Center for University of Georgia
Leadership in Action, (NYU)
 Claire Reinelt, Leadership Learning
 Alain Gauthier, Core Leadership Community
Development
 Laura Smith, Tides Center
 Arthur Jue, Oracle
 Shiree Teng, David and Lucile Packard
 Eugene Eric Kim, Blue Oxen Associates Foundation, David and Lucile Packard
Foundation

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Leadership Learning
Community
 National nonprofit organization focused on connecting
organizations and individuals in the leadership development
field, including practitioners, grant-makers and thought
leaders
 Primary focus is leadership development for social justice
 Address the need to increase collaboration among
leadership development stakeholders to deepen our
understanding of how to do this work better
 Innovative tools and technologies to build our learning
community and document the learning
 Design and evaluate leadership development programs

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Contact Information
Leadership Learning Community
info@leadershiplearning.org
Twitter.com/LeadershipEra
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