This Leadership Weekly highlights coaching and capacity building for leaders. We have a case study on what happened when Lawyers for Civil Rights gave all employees the option for coaching twice a month. From our archive comes “Emergent Coaching: Becoming Nimble in Complex Times.” “Voice under Domination” by Cyndi Suarez continues to offer the systemic perspective: “Becoming oneself, being authentic, when one is positioned as subordinate in a system is to challenge it at its core.” Lastly, Edge Leadership and NPQ announce The Voice Lab, a new project that has grown over the last year as more and more leaders of color are coming out of the past year’s challenges with knowledge and ideas to share and a desire to develop their voice.
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In April, the executive director at Lawyers for Civil Rights decided to help staff navigate the pandemic—including unprecedented personal and professional pressures—by offering individual coaching to all staff members interested in participating. LCR offered two coaching sessions per month to all employees, and this case study shows how and why it became a win-win for staff and the organization. Read…
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Emergent coaching is not new, but it is being used differently to build capacity exponentially by helping to evolve the skills, instincts, and depth of the organization—characteristics that enable organizations to be more strategic and nimble, even under the most chaotic of circumstances. Read…
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Nonprofits will not make a dent in racial (or other kinds of) justice until we are able to imagine and develop organizational forms that elevate subordinated voices. Read…
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The Voice Lab is a fellowship for leaders of color who are articulating new ideas and creating new forms. It is a yearlong cohort experience, hosted by Edge Leadership (an R+D platform for social change at NPQ), in developing your unique creative voice. Apply today…
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