The Management Assistance Group (MAG) is one of NPQ’s go-to sources of information about social justice movements. MAG works with a number of the networks that are moving some of this nation’s most difficult issues. MAG has come to believe there are five elements that are critical to advancing a thriving justice ecosystem. This is the second in a special five-part series, in which MAG and NPQ invite you to contribute to the evolution of what these elements mean in practice.
A critical shift is happening across the social sector. More of our partners are expanding their focus of attention from single organizations, to coalitions, to movement networks oriented around a shared vision and values. We’re seeing people commit both to strategies—structures and behaviors that nurture movements over the long term—and to forging the relationships needed across issue areas and sectors to address complex challenges. This shift from competition to collaboration, from single issues to intersectionality, from equality and fairness to equity and justice, and from scarcity to collective abundance requires different ways of imagining and living into leadership.
- Leadership engages the broader system and networks of leaders within it.
- Leaderful ecosystems intentionally build relationships to embody equity.
- Leadership is flexible—sometimes more directive and other times more collaborative.
- Leadership values multiple ways of knowing and the wisdom of and contribution from multiple voices and perspectives.
- Leaders create the space for inner work that is needed for transformation.
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