Cross-sector Approaches to Leadership Development

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Cross-sector Approaches to Leadership Development
Dr. Jennifer Bremer Public Policy and
Administration Department School of Global
Affairs and Public Policy Abu Dhabi February
2010
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Community leadership

• What is leadership?

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Community leadership

• What is leadership?
• What is community leadership development
• and why is it an effective approach?

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Community leadership

• What is leadership?
• What is community leadership development
• and why is it an effective approach?
• Can this approach work in the Middle East?
• experience from Egypt

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The four elements of leadership

• The leader recognizes that
• Action is necessary
• Action is possible
• S/he personally must act

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The four elements of leadership

• 4. The leader mobilizes others to believe that

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The four elements of leadership

• 4. The leader mobilizes others to believe that
• Action is necessary
• Action is possible
• They personally must act

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The rest is

• Analysis
• Planning
• Management

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The rest is

• Analysis
• Planning
• Management

All very necessary for success, but distinct
from leadership
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The rest is

• Analysis
• Planning
• Management

All very necessary for success, but distinct
from leadership BUT effective leaders have these
skills
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What leadership is not

• Recognizing there is a problem
• Describing the problem ad nauseum
• Raising awareness about the problem
• Complaining that no one is doing anything about
  the problem

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What leadership is not

• Recognizing there is a problem
• Describing the problem ad nauseum
• Raising awareness about the problem
• Complaining that no one is doing anything about
  the problem

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How can leadership be developed?

• Analysis, planning, and management can be taught
• But can leadership be taught?

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How can leadership be developed?

• Analysis, planning, and management can be taught
• But can leadership be taught?
• NO

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How can leadership be developed?

• Analysis, planning, and management can be taught
• But can leadership be taught?
• NO
• But it can be developed
• People can learn skills that make them more
  effective leaders and encourage action

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Community leadership development

• What is community leadership development?
• Why is the community a good venue to develop
  leadership?
• How can the community be used as a venue to
  develop leadership?

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Community Leadership Development

• A program that
• Brings together potential leaders from business,
  civil society, and (sometimes) government
• Helps them to recognize the need to act by
  educating them about the communitys needs
• Helps them to recognize that action is possible
  by showing them models for action
• Builds skills needed for them to act
• Creates a network for future collective action

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Community Leadership in the U.S.

• Most major U.S. cities have community leadership
  programs (1000 belong to the association)
• Most commonly organized by chambers of commerce,
  sometimes independent or university-based
• Generally conduct one program over a nine-month
  period
• Combine study of community problems and solutions
  with skill development
• Encourage action, but rarely proceed themselves
  to action

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Who participates?

• Varies from program to program
• Sometimes promising young managers
• Sometimes more senior government leaders and
  officials
• Sometimes special categories, such as women or
  minorities
• Always cross-sectoral

http//www.claweb.org/faq.php
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The Community Development Triad
Community Business Partnership
Community Foundation
Community Leadership Group
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The Community Development Triad
Community Business Partnership
Builds skills and connections
Community Foundation
Community Leadership Group
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The Community Development Triad
Community Business Partnership
Channels donor funds to local needs
Community Foundation
Community Leadership Group
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The Community Development Triad
Mobilizes business to promote economic
development
Community Business Partnership
Community Foundation
Community Leadership Group
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The NILE Project an Egyptian pilot

• Aim to launch the community leadership
  development process
• Kenan Institute (part of UNC-Chapel Hill)
• Egyptian NGO Support Center
• SECID
• MEPI, then USAID

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Strategy

• Begin with community leadership development
  program
• Encourage collaborative projects
• Encourage formation of ongoing groups
• Had gender focus (donor-driven)

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• NILE I PARTICIPATION TOTALS
• Participants Year 1 Year 2 Total
• Total participants 155 308 463
• Men 73 166 239
• Women 82 142 224
• NGOs 34 84 118
• Business Sector 25 202 227
• Donors 3 4 7
• Government 3 39 42
• Universities 2 8 10
• Media 5 5 10
• Governorates 4 5 5
• Trainers 6 30 36

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Port Said training, 2005
Master class, 2007
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Achievements

• Partnership between nonprofit leaders from El
  Arish and the business leaders association in 6
  October City to promote workforce development
  among El Arish youth. The 6 October investors
  association provided El Arish youth with room and
  board as well as vocational training for youth
  from North Sinai at the 6 October City
   investors' vocational training center.
• In Sohag, a community that started participating
  in NILE programming in its last quarter, the
  local community development association and
  an NGO signed a cooperation protocol to train
  trainers from Suhag to deliver training to youth
  on textile production.Port Said training, 2005

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Achievements new cities

• 0th of Ramadan City, a group of businessmen and
  community members paid school tuitions for
  low-income children from the community. The
  program is in its second round, and during the
  2006-2007 period, the alliance has doubled the
  number (now 1500).
• Micro credit program initiated by the 6 October
  businessmens association links community members
  with entrepreneurial ideas with basic business
  funding and mentors. In first two years, funded
  50 poor families to start their own businesses
  had a 97 pay-back rate.
• Also, in 6 October City, an alliance between the
  business investors and nonprofit providers led to
  the creation of a vocational training center,
  which since June 2006, has provided handicraft
  training to 25-plus women.