Shared leadership and governance options

EVOLUTIONARY GOVERNANCE: Part I: Principles

A new model of nonprofit leadership for uncertain times.

Vanessa LeBourdais

Resources for Workplace Democracy

Accesible and engaging resources from Sustainable Economies Law Center.

Sustainable Economies Law Center

Why We’re Taking on Holacracy and Changing the Way We Work

Six specific features of Holacracy and that appealed to their team and the way that they seek to work as an organization.

CompassPoint

The Sociocracy Consulting Group Blog

Explore The Sociocracy Consulting Group’s intriguing blog.

The Sociocracy Consulting Group

Doing More with More: Putting Shared Leadership into Practice

Discover what shared leadership means, what it takes to implement and the means of putting it into action.

Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ)

Structuring Leadership: Alternative Models for Distributing Power and Decision-Making in Nonprofit Organizations

Learn about different leadership structures and how they can offer organizations effective ways to operate and increase their impact.

Building Movement Project

The Agile C-Suite

Brian Johnson is the chief executive of a major consumer-goods company that has been remarkably successful over the past decade. Like his predecessors, Johnson runs a tight ship in all aspects of operations, boasting excellence in product and service quality and a finely tuned supply chain. The company capitalizes on economies of scale and enjoys the lowest costs in its industry.

Harvard Business Review

Participatory Organizations, Patterns, Processes & Tools – An Overview & Taxonomy

Explore the variety of practices (skills, knowledge, processes, etc.) important for sharing work and achievements within a participatory organization.

Christopher Allen

SWITCH PATHWAYS

Pathway 1 | Preparing for Change

Pathway 2 | Awareness: Aligning Intention and Action

Pathway 3 | Analysis: Power

Pathway 4 | Action: Working on Structures

Pathway 5 | Action: Improving Team Health

Pathway 6 | Accountability: Testing Ideas

Pathway 7 | UWC Resources

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