If you are looking for ways to help your team break out of a rut, think more expansively and take creative risks, try this activity at your next team retreat.

Systems change and capacity building is messy, tangled and challenging. Sometimes clients feel that—and that’s a good thing.

Leading in a flat organization isn’t about calling the shots—it’s about mastering the art of adaptability, from steering the vision to amplifying your team’s brilliance, all while balancing chaos and creativity.

You are a changemaker. Get a short preview of my upcoming book and add your insights!

As a systems change leader, how you view power influences your leadership. Here’s how to move toward a flat leadership approach when engaging in community change initiatives.

What would it be like if you were able to share a glimpse of your personal journey within your professional life? Changemakers don’t need to be saintly. As a holistic being, a human, sharing your warts is part of our work.

Feeling like you’re being pulled downstream? Tired of fighting the current? Here’s how to navigate that.

How do create guiding principles to guide materials development and facilitation practices, so they all align with a clear, unified vision that uniquely meet the needs of your systems-change work.

When navigating cross-sector systems change work that centers young people, how do you maximize your efforts and wisely invest your time, talent and funding? Here’s our time tested model and some solid do’s and don’ts.

Oh so many organizations still hold tightly to the development of a strategic plan. Maybe the board has requested it. Maybe a funder has tied dollars to its completion. Maybe you are in the belief that it will truly help your work advance. But how does that strategic plan help you live your values?

In an ideal world, leadership transition within complex, systemic changemaking work has careful planning, preparation and intentional hand-off. And, yeah, that rarely happens. How, do you continue changemaking work when the individual people come and go?

Welcoming is the first step to building collective belonging. This facilitator script can support you in starting your sessions with an inclusive welcome.