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Achieving lasting, systemic change requires leaders with vision, group skills, and knowledge of how to promote change within systems and communities. Leaders with vision can articulate problems and describe potential solutions in language that appeals to a broad base of stakeholders. Leaders not only provide vision, but must also be able to guide decision making and program implementation. Individuals or coalitions in a leadership role must be able to select and prioritize the changes that will produce positive, lasting outcomes and to plan for those changes throughout the grant period.

How can leadership be a sustainability strategy? The positive outcomes a project achieves can be sustained when leaders identify infrastructure changes that institutionalize practices such as evidence-based curricula, or new screening procedures used by teachers. Leadership can provide a vision of how the project's outcomes have a place within other community initiatives. Leaders can also target larger systems within the community, such as policy-making groups or government units that have the power to support the project's activities over the long term.


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		Home --> Resources --> Leaving a Legacy -->Leadership for Change Our View of Sustainability \| Partnership and Collaboration \| Capacity Building \| Communications/Marketing Public Policy \| Evaluation \| Financing \| Leadership for Change \| Strategic Planning \| Spotlight on Grantees Sustainability Planning Tool \| Models of Sustainability \| Self-Assessement \| FAQ \| Definitions Leadership for Change Achieving lasting, systemic change requires leaders with vision, group skills, and knowledge of how to promote change within systems and communities. Leaders with vision can articulate problems and describe potential solutions in language that appeals to a broad base of stakeholders. Leaders not only provide vision, but must also be able to guide decision making and program implementation. Individuals or coalitions in a leadership role must be able to select and prioritize the changes that will produce positive, lasting outcomes and to plan for those changes throughout the grant period. How can leadership be a sustainability strategy? The positive outcomes a project achieves can be sustained when leaders identify infrastructure changes that institutionalize practices such as evidence-based curricula, or new screening procedures used by teachers. Leadership can provide a vision of how the project's outcomes have a place within other community initiatives. Leaders can also target larger systems within the community, such as policy-making groups or government units that have the power to support the project's activities over the long term. Click on any of these listings for more information: Understanding the change process Being a change agent Aiming for systemic change Defining your vision Developing a leadership styles Leading decision making Understanding the change process Toward a grounded theory of sustainability in social service organizations: A systems point of view (Journal Article) full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118837&catid=116382 Changing the larger environment: Critical components http://captus.samhsa.gov//northeast/resources/ prevention_materials/critical_components/envicr.cfm The Human Side of Change: A Practical Guide to Organizational Redesign, Galpin, Timothy J., San Francisco , CA : Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1996. (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118829&catid=116382 Being a change agent Maximizing school and Community Support (Web site) http://www.northeastcapt.org/PRODUCTS/faq/faq36.html Building business support for school health programs: An action guide http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118601&catid=116374 Organization facilitators: A change agent for systemic school and community changes (Guidebook) http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Report/orgfacrep.pdf Sustaining school-community partnerships to enhance outcomes for children and youth: A guidebook and tool kit http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/sustaining.pdf The Change Agent's Guide. Havelock , R.G. & Zlotolow, S., (1995). Educational Technology Publications, Inc (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118819&catid=116382 Aiming for systemic change Diffusion of innovation Rogers , E. M . (1995) (4th Ed.). New York : Free Press (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118817&catid=116382 Toward a grounded theory of sustainability in social service organizations: A systems point of view (Journal Article) full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118837&catid=116382 The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Senge, Peter , New York , NY: Doubleday, 1990. (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118832&catid=116382 Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change, Oakley, Ed and Doug Krug, New York , NY : Simon and Schuster, 1991. (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118833&catid=116382 Defining your vision Sustaining Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Key Elements for Success (Guide) http://www.financeproject.org/Publications/sustaining.pdf Toward a grounded theory of sustainability in social service organizations: A systems point of view (Journal Article) full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118837&catid=116382 Developing a leadership style Building NGO/CBO capacity for organizational outreach: Management and training design tools http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getPage.asp?page=bookView&book=1091 Community Mobilization for Prevention (CMP) full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118568&catid=116382 Building organizational collaborations http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/ Leading Change, Kotter, John P, Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. (Book) - full text not available http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=118831&catid=116382 Leading decision making Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership, Gardner, Howard with Emma Laskin, New York, NY: BasicBooks, 1995. (Book) Back to the Legacy Wheel








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