Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
“Real Leadership begins with Trust, grows through Love
and shows up most clearly in your impact on Others”- Frances Frei
Alas, seeds of distrust, hate and cruelty instead of love, and self interest in lieu of serving others have taken center stage and sucked the oxygen out of the space.
How is not the time for fear and freezing, its time for hope, help and healing.
Adversity does not breed character, it reveals it!
We have a leadership crisis in America if our values are centered in democracy not autocracy.
With the disruption of the historical coexistence between government and nonprofits, for example, we need to invest in the next generation of leaders while upskilling those in current leadership roles.
Here is a program focused on just that.
NCPC’s Impact Leadership Accelerator is launching its next cohort of no more than 40 in August, and you can learn more about it here.
Scroll down and enjoy some words of wisdom as Grant Oliphant the CEO of the Prebys Foundation and I chat on a webinar, attended by over 160 people, about the importance, value, and impact of leadership.
If you are interested in participating, coaching, volunteering, underwriting a leader or helping get the word out, I would be most appreciative if you would engage and help spread the word!
Impact Leadership Accelerator – North County Philanthropy Council
Note: This burden does not just fall on nonprofits and the social sector. The Aspen Institute talks about the 4th Sector- at the intersection of the private, public, and social sectors- where seemingly large and intractable challenges can be addressed when we all come together.
Businesses, individuals, funders, corporation, foundations, and government must all rise up and meet this moment with Allyship, Fiscal Support, & Advocacy, to lead the way and serve as a voice for those who can’t or are afraid to stand up for themselves.
This is as fundamental to the American ethos as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and today might better be “framed” as the Declaration of Inter-dependence!
As a bumper sticker I saw recently said, “Who would Jesus deport?”
Here are some additional thoughts and insights from leaders on leadership to get you activated…
Don’t Be the Smartest Person in the Room—Be the Most Curious:
But leadership isn’t a game of intellectual dominance. It’s a practice of continuous learning. And that requires a very different orientation: curiosity.
Real leadership begins where certainty ends
Don’t Be The Smartest Person In The Room—Be The Most Curious
Leadership Isn’t About You!
Trust, Love, and Leadership That Lasts – John Spence
Why a Leader’s Voice Is a Powerful Guide During Tough Times:
It’s easier to say nothing and let it all play out, but that isn’t leadership. Sometimes, saying nothing is the only option. For example, when people you work with are delegating up, and you have to (gently) hand that request back. There are also times when you can’t not say something. I’d say that the times to speak up lately outweigh the silent moments. A recent conversation with a good friend who advises CEOs reminded me of this. Leadership requires you to speak up.
Speak Up in Moments of Discomfort in the Workplace
Leadership is a decision, not a position! Take the decision today to create the world you want to see and help grow the next generation of leaders in our network.
Please lead forward!
Love,
Neville
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“A company doesn’t rise to the level of its ambition; it falls to the level of its leadership”– John Spence
Happy Soul Food Friday! 