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Collaboration across social boundaries: A practical guide from Stanford Social Innovation Review https://lnkd.in/gs7TA7hA #collaborate #collaboration #values #negotiation #socialboundaries

To effectively address the problems we aim to solve, it is essential to engage those directly affected. By consulting them about the solutions they believe would best address their challenges, we can ensure our efforts are more aligned with their needs. Listening to their perspectives and incorporating their suggestions, wherever feasible, fosters solutions that are both inclusive and impactful. It is not always appropriate to impose decisions on communities or victims based solely on our assumptions about what is best for them. Instead, collaboration and dialogue should guide our approach. #internationaldevelopment

🌍 Global collaborations have the power to create significant social change. By partnering across borders, organizations can share knowledge, resources, and strategies to tackle issues on a larger scale. Think globally, act locally! Global partnerships enable us to learn from diverse perspectives and implement solutions that are culturally relevant and effective. #GlobalPartnerships #SocialImpact #Collaboration #ImpactAndScale

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐩 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 Managers today are tasked with leading up to five generations at the same time, making intergenerational relationships at work more important than ever before. Well-managed generational diversity has the potential to bring substantial benefits, ranging from knowledge transfer and mentoring to innovation and reduced turnover. Here’s how to foster and nurture these relationships on your team.   𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Initiating discussions that call people’s assumptions about particular generations into question and mitigate age-based biases on your team is a crucial first step to identifying—and reversing—generational misperceptions.   𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. People from different generations tend to have different strengths at work. Create opportunities for colleagues to mentor and coach each other on their complementary skill sets.   𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. Set up informal, communal work and community spaces—or a series of recurring virtual meetings—that encourage employees to connect casually.   𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞. Aligning your team around a common goal, mission, and vision will help foster unity across generational divides. This tip is adapted from “Why We Need Intergenerational Friendships at Work,” by Megan W. Gerhardt

The system change efforts we support convene diverse stakeholders from across sectors and perspectives who engage together over time in a collaborative, systemic, and experimental process. In this blog post, we share five key lessons we've learned over the years to drive impactful systems change initiatives. Discover how to engage varied perspectives, create new narratives, recognise hidden actors, leverage network weavers, and embrace intergenerational wisdom. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02HB6sm0 #SystemsChange #RadicalCollaboration #MultistakeholderCollaboration #Collaboration

🌍 Inclusion and Belonging: A Universal Need, Even in Challenging Climates 🌟 As we navigate an evolving and, at times, challenging climate, one thing remains clear: DEIB is for everyone! Being a leader means listening to colleagues, clients, and people with lived experience. That’s why we’ve been conducting our Inclusion & Belonging Workforce Survey—to hear directly from our team at the County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department. To truly champion inclusion and belonging, we must learn from one another—especially from those who’ve thrived in environments outside of California’s unique landscape. 💡 What strategies or success stories have helped you and your teams create inclusive spaces under challenging circumstances? Let’s inspire each other! Share your insights, celebrate your wins, and let’s build a collective roadmap for creating workplaces and communities where everyone belongs. 👇 Drop your stories in the comments, let’s spark a conversation, and collaborate with an eye towards success! #DEIB #InclusionAndBelonging #Leadership #CommunitySuccess

🌟 Here's our latest blog post! 🌟 Our director Dale Renner shares his thoughts and how six key factors can help social organisations become more insights-driven and maximise their impact. 👉 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gWXxikeG #SocialImpact #DataDriven #Insights #LatitudeNetwork #Innovation #Collaboration #dataforgood

This virtual Group Relations Conference by the New York Centre for the Study of Groups, Organisations & Social Systems will be great. An unusual way to explore our human relationships in the ever shifting virtual context. https://lnkd.in/e5pKy-M5

#Communities aren't always planned; Sometimes, they can emerge organically, shaped by circumstance rather than design. In these situations, management's approach must adapt. Instead of top-down control, a collaborative, team-based strategy is more effective. By prioritizing harmony and shared goals, management can foster a thriving community that benefits both its members and the larger organization. #Community_management, a dynamic practice, extends beyond residential settings, applicable to diverse groups and contexts. This picture includes individuals with the expertise that lead organizations to guaranteed success; Which I've been privileged to work with. Mina Mehanney, Khaled Fathy, Sherif Eraky, Ramy Gawdat, Hany Abo El-Ela, MSc,MBA,PMP.

Social change requires collaboration, but how do leaders successfully cross the boundaries of stubbornly insular social systems? Professors Karl Haushalter and Paul Steinberg of Harvey Mudd College share four practices that leaders can use to span boundaries and achieve change: 1. Diversify your network: “The social connections you will need for problem-solving are as unpredictable as the problems themselves.”   2. Respect multiple forms of knowledge: “Boundary spanning requires respect for multiple forms of knowledge, including information and understanding that is not conventionally recognized as technical expertise.” 3. Understand system culture: “The partnership will be more successful if you quickly familiarize yourself with four key characteristics of the social system in which your collaborators operate: values, workflow, resources, and incentives.” 4. Embrace the life cycle of collaboration: “Adopt a developmental mindset with respect to boundary spanning. Every collaboration has a unique life cycle—some have relatively rapid trajectories and others take longer to blossom.” Learn more about how crossing social boundaries can support collaboration ➡ https://lnkd.in/gVPYqmCy #collaboration #networks