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NeighborWorks is a pioneer in leadership development for the nonprofit community. Our programs for new and experienced organizational leaders are built around a holistic approach that incorporates:
- Tailored coursework: Offering expert-led access to the latest and most innovative ideas and methodologies.
- Coaching: Personalized support for conceiving and implementing strategies and approaches.
- Peer support: Providing the additional creative thinking that networking offers to assure you are successful in achieving positive change in your organization's or community’s culture and practices.
- Self-identified performance challenge: Focusing the work you do in class on the most pressing needs of your organization.
We design our programs specifically to meet the unique needs of different kinds of leaders:
Executive-level leaders:
Our principal offering for senior leaders is our NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program. This highly selective, 18-month program, offered in partnership with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government ─ is for experienced executives with significant scope of responsibility whose community=serving organizations are strong, but who want to take their performance to an even greater level. It is a program that equips participants to truly transform their organization. Leaders in fields well beyond housing and the traditional definition of community development have benefitted from this comprehensive program.Nonprofit board members and organization staff who work closely with boards:
Excellence in Governance is designed to help the boards of nonprofit organizations become exceptional. Selected organizations explore characteristics of effective governance and leadership, as well as the board's role in improving organizational health, performance and sustainability. The program has evolved to include a range of educational offerings that enrich the organization-board relationship and bring about major improvements.
Staff development:
Staff development:
We offer two “sibling” programs for management teams within organizations and teams of peers across multiple organizations. Our Culture of Excellence program guides a team of employees within a single organization as they focus on a targeted challenge, while building or reinforcing enterprise-wide support for positive change. Communities of Excellence facilitates collaboration and joint learning among individuals from a particular geographic area, or across an umbrella organization or association, to enhance their leadership skills and provide a supportive peer network.
Resident leadership:
The principle of resident leadership is at the heart of the work and history of NeighborWorks America. Our founding was based on the premise that residents know best what their communities need and are in a strong position to create and shepherd positive change. A major benefit of membership in the NeighborWorks network is the opportunity for a team of resident leaders from our organizations to participate in the annual Community Leadership Institute. Residents from all over the country gather to learn, network, and plan grant-funded projects in their own communities.
