National Youth Employment Coalition Mtg. Handout

1. 2. BUILD DIVERSE
NETWORKS
Leaders collaborate with partners creatively,
using informal networks alongside traditional
boards or policy councils.
3. EMBRACE OPENNESS
1. ADOPT A WIDE-ANGLE
POINT OF VIEW
Leaders share the role of leadership with staff,
partners, and the public. They use social tech-
Leaders look for new ways to apply their re-
nologies to listen, inform, and collaborate.
sources and expertise. They focus on commu-
nity problems, not just workforce problems.
THE FUTURE OF WORKFORCE LEADERSHIP:
WEADERSHIP
6. CULTIVATE NEXT
GENERATION LEADERS 4. ENCOURAGE
Leaders build skills and share knowledge in
EXPERIMENTATION
in their communities. Leaders know workforce development needs
new ideas, and new ideas need testing.
5. ADD UNIQUE VALUE
can make a real difference in their communities.
Only those who add value remain relevant.

2. The Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) project team spent much of 2011 looking at workforce
leadership—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it. What we found is a whole new model of
leadership. We call it WEadership. It's collaborative and anyone who masters the six WEadership
practices can employ it.
OUR FAVORITE WEADERSHIP RESOURCES
1. A series of group conversations resulted in our 5. Our capstone product is:
12 Highlights collection—cards, slides, a
narrative brief, and a series of posts. THE WEadership Guide
The whole collection is here: The Guide features a narrative around the
http://bit.ly/moVwGr WEadership Framework, subject-specific inserts
on social media and innovations in public policy—
social innovation, “Gov2.0”, crowdsourcing, and
gaming. Loaded with tools, examples, and
2. We curated “favorites” across media platforms. resources, the Guide aims to help current and
Our Five Great Leadership Videos collection aspiring leaders build their own skills and cultivate
features Derek Sivers’ How to Start of leadership in their organizations and
Movement in Under Three Minutes. communities. It is available as a PDF (at no cost)
and in the form of a Blurb book.
The collection is here:
http://bit.ly/m65qZl
http://bit.ly/oJXZdz
3. And we did our own video trailer:
http://bit.ly/nP5T1n
4. One of our team members even turned
WEadership into a TEDx Talk in Tucson,
Arizona. Additional information and an ongoing collection
of blogposts centered on leadership, innovation,
and workforce can be found on the project’s
website: WEadership.org.
We tweet at @WEadership.
We Facebook (at WEadership, of course).