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MACC Zooms In On: Shared Leadership Models
Wednesday, October 23rd, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
As our workplaces continue to evolve post-2020 our models for organizational leadership are shifting as well. Many organizations are exploring shared or hybrid leadership models as a way to meet employee needs for flexibility and growth and to open up additional pathways to build diverse leadership teams.
At the Bush Foundation, Molly and Mandy experienced shared leadership first-hand. Now with their consulting practice they'll help our MACC Network explore whether shared leadership is right for us! During this session Molly and Mandy will share various shared leadership models. They share real life stories from their work with leaders and organizations, and tips for making shared leadership models work. You'll also hear from your MACC Network colleagues and community who have experience with co-leadership, job-shares, and other fresh ways of thinking about leadership.
About our Speakers:
Molly Matheson Gruen served as Program Operations Director at the Bush Foundation for five years, partnering with staff to consider how the Foundation's grantmaking practices could maximize its positive impact. Prior to this role, Molly led the Foundation’s Community Innovation programs with Mandy. Before joining the Bush Foundation in 2011, Molly spent 12 years working with nonprofit organizations in the Twin Cities and internationally. She has also been an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University, where she co-taught a class about community action and social change. She recently wrapped up her tenure as chair of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits board of directors.
Mandy Ellerton spent nine years at the Bush Foundation, where, in addition to her work on the Community Innovation programs, she also led the Foundation’s Social Business Ventures Initiative and worked with the Foundation’s executive leadership and board investment committee to develop its race equity and place-based impact investing strategy. Mandy came to the Foundation from Grassroots Solutions, a national grassroots organizing and strategy firm where she led both legislative advocacy projects and strategy consulting for foundations and the private sector. Her Masters Degree is in Social Work and started her career working in domestic violence shelters.
About dawn:dusk
Times are turbulent. Organizations, groups, philanthropies and investors are experiencing rapid changes and evolution as we all try to do more, do better and do right by more communities. We are a small consulting practice supporting mission-driven organizations, especially in these times of transition. Molly + Mandy We are professional soul mates who love working together! We have a long history of working in partnership, including creating and co-directing the Bush Foundation’s Community Innovation programs. Together, we have developed program strategies, formed and led teams, designed and led program operations and facilitated hundreds of conversations, meetings and convenings of various sizes and types. Through our years of partnership, one thing has become very clear: we each have a lot to offer as individual leaders, but our partnership is definitely greater than the sum of our individual parts.
FACILITATION. We design and hold space for a variety of conversations and meetings.
STRATEGY. We help groups figure out where they’re going.
MAKING BIG IDEAS HAPPEN. We help groups operationalize strategies and commitments to their values, in particular to equity.
FILLING GAPS. In times of transition you often need an extra hand. We can step in to provide short-term help in specific roles or on projects.