1. NETWORK LEADERSHIP
CENTER ON NETWORK SCIENCE

2. 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.

3. WHO NEEDS NETWORK LEADERSHIP?

4. Community & Culturally Sensitive
NETWORK LEADERSHIP IS…
BASED ON A SET OF VALUES
Inclusive
Data Driven
Community & Culturally Sensitive
Reflective
Skills Based
Adaptive

5. NETWORK LEADERSHIP IS… BASED ON NETWORK SCIENCE
Principle: More is Not (Always) Better
You can manage relationships,
but you need data to do it.

6. NETWORK SCIENCE IN PRACTICE

7. NETWORK LEADERSHIP IN REAL LIFE
Planning a Wedding…

8. Shared governance
Shared decision-making
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

9. Collectively define the problem statement.
Shared governance
Shared decision-making
Developing a high quality, authentic process
Data-driven
Continuous improvement process
Representative
Inclusion
Culture of collaboration
Problem definition
Identifying personal and community assets
Roles
The Practice:
Collectively define the problem statement.
Ask people to 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.)

10. Clarify what the goals are.
Shared governance
Shared decision-making
People on the “same page”
A high quality, authentic process
Data-driven
Continuous improvement process
Representative
Inclusion
Culture of collaboration
Problem definition
Identifying personal and community assets
Roles
How successful is the network at achieving its goal to expose more girls to science and technology?
The Practice:
Clarify what the goals are.
Understand how people in the network define success.
Consider a shared definition of success, or…at least created a shared understanding of varying perspectives.

11. Shared governance
Shared decision-making
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

12. 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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