American Humanics Inc' Preparing Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders

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The Center for Self-Organizing Leadership, Inc.
Claire E. F. Knowles, Dr. Richard N. Knowles,
Dr. Nydia Santiago
Self-Organizing Leadership Understanding the.
Roots of Success
American Humanics Inc.Preparing Next Generation
Nonprofit Leaders
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Authentic Leaders Integrate All 3 of these
Approaches!
Leadership for finding Strategic Potential
The Tree Metaphor
Leadership for getting day-to- day results
Leadership for lifting up the quality of
the relationships interactions that support
the health of the Team, Department, Organization.
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• Tree Top
• Strategic Leadership
• Intentions
• Principles Standards
• Learning Sustainability

• Tree Trunk
• Operational Leadership
• Issues
• Work
• Structure/Context

• Tree Roots
• Self-Organizing Leadership
• Information
• Relationship
• Identity

Tending to the Metaphorical roots of ones
Organization or Business or team is an
Important Leadership Skill!
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Leaders Have a Choice

• Leadership is temporal and occurs in the moment.
• In every moment you can choose to
• Purposefully engage with the Natural Tendency of
  Self-Organization, or
• Impose your will.
• Your choice has a huge impact on how the people
  in the organization behave and perform.

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Depending on The Choice

• Purposeful Engagement
• Sense of Urgency
• Clarity of purpose
• Purposefulness
• Hope
• Growth potential
• Openness to new possibilities
• People want to volunteer

• Imposition of Will
• Fear anxiousness
• Confusion
• Struggle
• Cynicism
• Frustration
• Resistance to Change
• Its hard to get and keep volunteers

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A Key Insight is about Self-Organization

• Self-Organization relates to people coming
  together around something that is important to
  them.
• Its pervasive and happening all the time.
• We all self-organize in many ways
• Conversations
• Teams
• Gangs
• New businesses projects
• The Internet
• DisastersKatrina
• Protests

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A Sense of the Whole
The Web
Identity
Structure Context
Intention
Learning Sustainability
Tensions Issues
Relationship
Information
Principles Standards
Work
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Depending on Our Choice

• Purposeful Engagement
• Sense of Urgency
• Clarity of purpose
• Purposefulness
• Hope
• Growth potential
• Openness to new possibilities

• Imposition of Will
• Fear anxiousness
• Confusion
• Struggle
• Cynicism
• Frustration
• Resistance to Change

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Outcomes with Purposeful Engagement

• Excellence in everything.
• Creativity and energy open up.
• Effectiveness goes up over 30-40.
• People want to come and help.

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Wellspring House, Gloucester, MA ----------- A
Canadian Youth Home

• Self-Organizing Processes extensively used.
• No Federal or State funding.
• Housing, education, coaching, lobbying
• We live with the guests when we work there.
• Extensive involvement by volunteers.
• Pervasive sense of deep meaning and energy
  everyone knows they are making a positive
  difference.
• Serves 700 people/year residential to one day.
• 1,800,000 budget 37 professionals 150
  Volunteers.

• Top-down management/control required by
  Regulations
• 85 of funding from Ontario
• Housing, counseling, social services.
• Volunteers restricted to clerical duties.
• Everyone working hard, but feel frustrated in not
  being able to what they feel is best for the
  young people. Much care and reports are mandated.
• Serves 800 people/year residential to one day.
• 4,500,000 (USD) budget 75 professionals
  10-12 volunteers.