NETWORK LEADERSHIP
CENTER ON NETWORK SCIENCE www.center-networkscience.net
WHAT IS NETWORK LEADERSHIP?
Network leadership is
a model to help
people who are part
of cross-sector
community efforts
learn how to build,
manage, and evaluate
effective networks.
WHO NEEDS NETWORK LEADERSHIP?
NETWORK LEADERSHIP IS…
BASED ON A SET OF VALUES
Inclusive
Community
& Culturally
Sensitive
Data Driven
Skills Based
Reflective
Adaptive
NETWORK LEADERSHIP IS…
BASED ON NETWORK SCIENCE
Principle: More is Not (Always) Better
You can manage relationships,
but you need data to do it.
NETWORK SCIENCE IN PRACTICE
NETWORK LEADERSHIP IN REAL LIFE
Planning a Wedding…
 Inclusion
 Culture of
collaboration
 Problem definition
 Identifying
personal and
community assets
 Roles
 Shared governance
 Shared decisionmaking
 Developing a high
quality, authentic
process
 Community Based
Participatory
 Data-driven
 Continuous
improvement
process
 Representative
 Inclusion
 Culture of
collaboration
 Problem definition
 Identifying
personal and
community assets
 Roles
 Data-driven
 Continuous
improvement
process
 Representative
 Shared governance
 Shared decisionmaking
The Practice:
 Developing a high
 Collectively
the problem statement.
quality,define
authentic
 Ask people
processto introduce themselves, speaking specifically
to how their organization can address the problem.
 Identify roles for people based on the assets they
identified. (It’s ok to acknowledge some people don’t
have a role.)
How successful is the
network
at achieving its
 Inclusion
goal
to expose
more girls
 Culture
of
to science
and technology?
collaboration
 Problem definition
 Identifying personal
and community
assets
 Roles
 Shared governance
 Shared decisionmaking
 People on the “same
page”
 A high quality,
authentic process
The Practice:
 Clarify what the goals are.
 Understand how people
 Data-driven
in the network
define
success. Continuous
improvement process
 Consider
a shared
 Representative
definition of success,
or…at least created a
shared understanding of
varying perspectives.
 Inclusion
 Culture of
collaboration
 Problem definition
 Identifying
personal and
community assets
 Roles
 Shared governance
 Shared decisionmaking
 Developing a high
quality, authentic
process
 Community Based
Participatory
 Data-driven
 Continuous
improvement
process
 Representative
Questions for the Experts (You!)
THINKING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY…
• What are your greatest challenges to building a
community network of diverse stakeholders?
• What has worked best for you in managing a
group of diverse stakeholders?
• How do you know when you are successful?
• How are you building your network leadership
skills?
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