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Leading in Tough Times
In a tough economy, good judgment, critical thinking, and leading by example and inclusion are crucial skills in ensuring the sustainability of nonprofit organizations - including Social Venture Partners!
Nancy Cannon-O'Connell will lead the Phoenix session.
Leading in Tough Times
In a tough economy, good judgment, critical thinking, and leading by example and inclusion are crucial skills in ensuring the sustainability of nonprofit organizations - including Social Venture Partners!
Join SVP partners from around the network in Phoenix on April 23 for an exploration of contemporary leadership and convening practices and how these contribute to building teamwork, aid collaboration efforts, strengthen your SVP and enrich the work you do with nonprofit organizations.
This Peer Learning session focuses on strategies that support the creation of a leadership culture where partners share responsibility, innovation comes from all corners of the organization and problems are solved collaboratively. But, it is not an academic exercise. Leading in real time is part of our model, so we will roll up our sleeves and discuss the biggest challenges we’re facing this year and use shared learnings and experience to both address current situations and better understand how leadership development integrates into our efforts.
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Who should attend?
This session is one part of an initiative to highlight leadership as a fundamental aspect of all the work (and play) we carry out in SVP. Any partner who is actively engaged in the SVP mission will add to the dialogue, as will staff and invited guests from investee organizations.
Goals
Convene partners & staff for a deep conversation about leadership development in the SVP model.
- Personal leadership – a practical look at the qualities of a highly effective ‘leader’ in SVP
- Coaching tactics – ways we might embed ‘leadership’ into our SVP culture, supporting partners as they assume new roles
- Challenges & opportunities in governance, strategies for sustaining our organization, investing in and engaging with nonprofits, working in the community, growing ourselves as philanthropists, partnering with other funders.
Nancy Cannon O’Connell
Nancy Cannon-O’Connell is an executive coach who brings over twenty years of management experience to her work. She has held senior positions in strategy development and worked as a management consultant. Today, she works with leaders on building highly effective teams, talent development and strategic thinking.
Nancy will be joined by co-convenors Bob Wright, founding partner of Dallas SVP and Paul Shoemaker, Executive Director, SVP Seattle.
Leadership
“Leadership” is a concept we often resist. It seems immodest, even self aggrandizing, to think of ourselves as leaders. But if it is true that we are made for community, then leadership is everyone’s vocation, and it can be an evasion to insist that it is not. When we live in the close-knit ecosystem called community, everyone follows and everyone leads. Even I—a person who is unfit to be president of anything, who once galloped away from institutions on a high horse—have come to understand that, for better or for worse, I lead by word and deed simply because I am here doing what I do. If you are also here, doing what you do, then you also exercise leadership. - Parker Palmer, Leading From Within
Book your room today!
Book your room at the Firesky Resort and Spa at the Social Venture Partners rate of $179 per night. Call the hotel directly at 480.945.7666.
SVPAZ’s 10th Anniversary – Join the party!
SVP Arizona celebrate its 10th anniversary on the evening of Friday April 24 - extend your stay to join Phoenix partners to mark this special occasion.
