It’s a field of shared leadership practice that can take many forms, including state or community task forces; organizational governance models that mandate intergovernmental or public-private collaboration; social enterprise organizations or pay-for-performance funding mechanisms; collective impact initiatives; and contractual partnerships. The Center for Integrative Leadership focuses, in particular, on shared leadership efforts that involve the government, business, and non-profit sectors collaborating to create or sustain public value.
It draws on many different theories, tools, and models.
It is enabled by individual skills, knowledge and leadership but is fundamentally about shared rather than individual practice.
It harnesses diverse capacities, techniques, incentives, individuals or organizations in coordinated action for public good.