Building System Leadership Skills with Advance Together

<p>What kinds of dedicated skill-building can help prepare system leaders for the monumental job of coordinating complex collaborations? </p><p>In this episode, we learn about <strong>Advance Together</strong>, a cohort of collective impact initiatives in Texas that focus on education and workforce development. Organized by the <strong>Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas</strong>, with support from funders including the <strong>Doris Duke Charitable Foundation</strong>, Advance Together cohort members participated in a capacity-building program dedicated to expanding their system leadership skills. </p><p>Listen in as we explore how the program got started, the impact of the program, and the specific system leadership skills that surfaced as most critical for backbone leaders. </p><p>Joining us today to share their experiences as part of Advance Together are <strong>Rumeli Banik</strong> of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, <strong>Kseniya Benderskaya</strong> of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, <strong>Chris Thompson</strong> of Civic Collaboration Consultants, LLC, and <strong>Adrian Vega</strong> of Education Partnership for the Permian Basin. Moderating this discussion is Collective Impact Forum executive director <strong>Jennifer Splansky Juster</strong>.</p><p><strong>Resources and Footnotes</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.dallasfed.org/cd/at" target="_blank">Advance Together</a></li><li><a href="https://www.educatepb.com/" target="_blank">Education Partnership of the Permian Basin</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ddcf.org/" target="_blank">Doris Duke Charitable Foundation</a></li><li><a href="https://www.civiccollab.com/" target="_blank">Civic Collaboration Consultants LLC</a></li></ul><p><strong>More on Collective Impact</strong></p><p>Infographic: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/" target="_blank">What is Collective Impact?</a><br />Resource List: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/getting-started/" target="_blank">Getting Started in Collecti