David D. Chrislip

The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

When the landmark book Collaborative Leadership was first publishedin 1994, it described the premise, principles, and leadershipcharacteristics of successful collaboration. The book outlined aninnovative way of building partnerships to solve the civic problemstoo big for anyone to solve alone as well as a new type ofleadership that brings together diverse stakeholders to solve acommunity's problems. While that book provides a much-neededframework for working together, The Collaborative LeadershipFieldbook offers nonprofit practitioners, community leaders, andpublic officials a practical, hands-on resource. It presents thetools needed for applying the lessons learned, powerful approachesthat get results, and guidance for solving complex communityproblems. In clear and concise terms, the Fieldbook * Presents a wide range of tools and concepts that can be readilyapplied * Provides a comprehensive guide to collaboration from conceptionto implementation * Describes how to establish effective civic leadership developmentprograms to support collaborative efforts * Contains stories and examples that clearly illustrate the book'sconcepts and tools * Helps readers find-quickly and easily-what they need for theirspecific situations

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787966836
• Artikelnr.: 38224975

Autorenporträt

David D. Chrislip is principal of Skillful Means. His work focuses on three areas: civic leadership development, collaboratively addressing complex community issues, and organizational strategy and development. He is the coauthor of Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Differrence (Jossey-Bass).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword (John Parr).
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
The Author.
The Contributors.
Introduction: The Power of Collaboration.
PART ONE: META: THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION.
1. America's Civic Challenges.
2. Civil Society, Democracy, and Collaboration.
3. Building the Civic Community.
PART TWO: MACRO: PREMISES AND PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION.
4. Essential Concepts of Collaboration.
5. A Framework for Collaboration.
PART THREE: MICRO: PRACTICES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION.
6. Getting Started.
7. Setting Up for Success.
8. Working Together.
9. Moving to Action.
10. Developing Networks of Responsibility.
PART FOUR: STORIES AND EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION AND CIVIC
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
11. Joint Venture Silicon Valley (Christopher Wilson).
12. Transforming Civic Culture: Sitka, Alaska 1999-2001 (David D.
Chrislip).
13. Neighborhood Action Initiative: Engaging Citizens in Real Change
(William R. Potapchuk).
14. Equal Partners, Shared Vision: The Colorado Partnership for Educational
Renewal (Carol A. Wilson).
15. Scenarios: Catalysts for Civic Change (David D. Chrislip, James
Butcher, Adam Kahane).
16. Building Civic Leadership in Portland, Maine (Thomas J. Rice).
17. Building Leadership Capacity in a Socially Emerging Community (Allan
Wallis).
Appendix A: Learning from Research and Experience.
Appendix B: Institute for Civic Leadership Curriculum and Agenda.
References.
Index.

Rezensionen

"I recently suggested it to my United States Senator!"(CharityChannel.com, 3/12/03)"This is a brilliant analysis of the most important kind ofleadership, collaborative and participatory, and hence essential toanyone thinking about or working in the field of leadership."
-- James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and seniorscholar at the Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland

"Chrislip has long been guru and guide to those with an interestin collaborative leadership. This book is an indispensable tool forcommunities determined to transform good ideas into goodpractice."
-- Barbara Kellerman, executive director and lecturer in publicpolicy, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School ofGovernment, Harvard University

"David Chrislip brings the importance of collaboration intosharp focus and underscores its value in fashioning solutions tocomplex social problems."
-- Congressman Mark E. Udall, Colorado

"From wilderness adventure to building civil society in Americancities and Eastern European countries, David Chrislip hasencountered the trinity of leadership-change, conflict, andcollaboration. Fortunately for us, he shares so lucidly his lessonsabout their role in the demands and promise of democratic civilsociety."
-- Richard A. Couto, Antioch University PhD Program in Leadershipand Change and author of Making Democracy Work Better