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• Nonpartisan Leadership in a Politically Polarized World

  This entry was contributed by Margaret Henderson on November 14, 2016 at 5:02 pm and is filed under Collaborative Leadership, Leadership Development.

  

  Here we are, one week past a particularly difficult election season, with some races still unresolved.

  Most of the readers of this blog are people who hold governmental positions that require non-partisanship behavior. Others are people who got where they are, at least in part, due to their affiliation with one political party. Still others might be might be nonprofit leaders whose primary allegiance might be to a specific mission or particular client group, independent of political affiliation.

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• The Heart of Collaborative Leadership

  This entry was contributed by Rick Morse on April 9, 2015 at 9:26 am and is filed under Collaborative Leadership, Organizational and Personal Leadership.

  

  The need for collaborative leaders has never been greater. Most, if not all, of the public problems we grapple with are highly complex and “boundary crossing,” meaning they cut across organizational, jurisdictional, and sectoral boundaries.

  Collaborative leaders are catalysts who bring stakeholders together to address shared issues. They are conveners and facilitators that lead more from the middle than from the front. Much has been written in recent years about the skill set of these post-hierarchical leaders. They are systems thinkers. They are effective facilitators and negotiators. They help resolve conflict.

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