Collective Impact Leadership

Collective impact leadership involves working together across the sector to generate greater evidence of impact than we could have done as a single organisation. The resources here explore what collective leadership is and how you can overcome some of the barriers inherent in this type of working.

Theory

The Collective Impact Forum outlines what collective impact is: ​

READ: https://collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/​

TASK: Reflect on how ready your organization is to contribute to collective impact. Who could you work with – it might only be one other organisation, or several. What could you achieve together? Why would they want to do a collective impact project with you? What could that mean for you?​

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Clear Action present an overview of the five conditions for collective impact:  ​

READ: https://clearimpact.com/achieving-collective-impact/​

TASK: Evaluate how well established these conditions are in your organisation – are you ready for collective impact? If not, how will you create or improve these conditions?​

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The Stanford Social Innovation Review presents the context for collective impact and some compelling examples: ​

READ: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/collective_impact# ​

There is a shorter video introduction here: ​

WATCH: https://collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/ ​

TASK: Think about how to present the case for a collective impact project to your senior leadership team. How would you pitch it? What would convince them? What resources would it need?​

Tools and tips

The Collective Impact Forum have tips on how to put principles into action: ​

READ: https://collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/collective-impact-principles-of-practice-putting-collective-impact-into-action/ ​

TASK: Which of these action points are the most useful for you and why?​

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This video is from the Collective Impact Forum seminar on how to avoid the common barriers to collective impact: ​

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gqx_8WNKw0 ​

TASK: Which barriers do you, or might you experience, and what can you do to mitigate them?​

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There is also this resource hub available from the Collective Impact Forum: ​

EXPLORE: https://collectiveimpactforum.org/resources/ ​
 

You can access a collective impact toolkit here:​

EXPLORE:  https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/introducing-the-collective-impact-toolkit ​

TASK: Which tool did you like the most and why? How will you adopt it and try it out in your workplace? ​