Peer-to-Peer Leadership

Peer-to-Peer Leadership
Author: Mila Baker
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2014-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1609947487

Our leadership models are stuck in an Industrial Age, top-down mentality. But in our complex, data-drenched, 24/7 world, there is simply too much information coming from too many different directions too quickly for any one leader or group to stay on top of it. Hierarchy is breaking down everywhere—why should leadership be any different? Inspired by the peer-to-peer model of computing used in social networking and crowdsource technologies, Mila Baker shows a new way to lead. Organizations, she says, must become networks of "equipotent" nodes of power—peer leaders. The job of the leader is now to set the overall goals and direction and optimize the health of that network, not tell it what to do. In these organizations, leadership roles shift rapidly to fit the needs of any given situation. Information flows freely so those who need it can find it easily and act on it immediately. Feedback becomes an organic part of the workflow, enabling rapid course corrections. Baker shows how companies like Gore and Herman Miller have achieved long-term success practicing these principles and provides a structure that any organization can adapt to build flexibility, resiliency, and accountability.

Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations

Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations
Author: Ram A. Cnaan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780387757292

Although the way associations and the organization of local social life are intertwined is one of the oldest approaches to community study, the way citizens and residents come together informally to act and solve problems has rarely been a primary focus. Associations are central to important and developing areas of social theory and social action. This handbook takes voluntary associations as the starting point for making sense of communities. It offers a new perspective on voluntary organizations and gives an integrated, yet diverse, theoretical understanding of this important aspect of community life.

Successful Community Leadership

Successful Community Leadership
Author: John E. Tropman
Publisher: N A S W Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

A manual for volunteers and professionals in community work, showing techniques and skills to improve community group work. It demonstrates how to manage problems of procedure, process and people, such as how to create an effective structure, conduct a successful meeting and achieve objectives.

Community Leadership Development

Community Leadership Development
Author: Mark A. Brennan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2014-10-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317980786

The development of leadership capacities addresses a vital and continuing need in communities and organizations as they attempt to adapt to a wide range of social, economic, environmental, and political changes. Leadership development activities that focus on building new skills and fostering new ideas directly shape local and organizational capacity. At the organizational level, leadership is a valued resource as organizations are faced with challenges of limited resources, funding, and other capacities. Community leadership operates within a different domain; an environment with different dynamics, structures, and goals. Community leadership is distinctive in that leaders often do not have formal training or authority to dictate and facilitate change. Instead, community leaders must rely on informal networks of diverse citizens, each with a unique local capacity, as the basis for change. This book brings together classic and contemporary articles drawn from Community Development. Divided into two sections, the book begins with a range of seminal leadership theory and conceptualization pieces. These have been instrumental in shaping leadership development in a wide range of settings. Following the theory section, a variety of research and application chapters are presented. These chapters operationalize theory through applied research and programming, and provide replicable frameworks for future research and programs. This book is a compilation of articles published in the journal Community Development.

The Community

The Community
Author: Eduard Lindeman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1921
Genre: Christian sociology
ISBN:

Impact Networks

Impact Networks
Author: David Ehrlichman
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 152309169X

This practical guide shows how to facilitate collaboration among diverse individuals and organizations to navigate complexity and create change in our interconnected world. The social and environmental challenges we face today are not only complex, they are also systemic and structural and have no obvious solutions. They require diverse combinations of people, organizations, and sectors to coordinate actions and work together even when the way forward is unclear. Even so, collaborative efforts often fail because they attempt to navigate complexity with traditional strategic plans, created by hierarchies that ignore the way people naturally connect. By embracing a living-systems approach to organizing, impact networks bring people together to build relationships across boundaries; leverage the existing work, skills, and motivations of the group; and make progress amid unpredictable and ever-changing conditions. As a powerful and flexible organizing system that can span regions, organizations, and silos of all kinds, impact networks underlie some of the most impressive and large-scale efforts to create change across the globe. David Ehrlichman draws on his experience as a network builder; interviews with dozens of network leaders; and insights from the fields of network science, community building, and systems thinking to provide a clear process for creating and developing impact networks. Given the increasing complexity of our society and the issues we face, our ability to form, grow, and work through networks has never been more essential.

Community Organization and Social Administration

Community Organization and Social Administration
Author: Simon Slavin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135906017

Community Organization and Social Administration presents a unique constellation of perspectives from scholars, researchers, and practitioners grounded in macro theories, practice, and education. Drawing upon the knowledge and experiences of social workers and other community-based professionals, this book provides a rich cross-section of models and strategies for those engaged in social change in the community, agency, and school or university. The chapters include data-based practice principles and guidelines for action. This book is a must for those who are teaching and practicing in community service, community change, and planning settings. Others who would benefit from the book include administrators of social service and community agencies; classroom teachers, field instructors, and students in organizing, planning, policy, and administration; policy analysts, program developers, and grant officers; and leaders and organizers of social change organizations, networks, and coalitions. Community Organization and Social Administration incorporates papers presented at the Symposia on Community Organization and Social Administration held at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. The papers are edited by members of the Association on Community Organizing and Social Administration (ACOSA).

Networks that Work

Networks that Work
Author: Paul Vandeventer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2007
Genre: Business networks
ISBN: 9780976302735