What Makes an Effective Backbone Leader

<p>To find out what contributes to an effective and sustainable backbone, the<strong> EdRedesign Lab</strong> at Harvard University interviewed backbone leaders and field-building organizations about their experiences. Earlier this year, they released a report on the most critical skills and competencies required for a backbone leadership team to succeed when doing collective impact work.<br /><br />We talk with <strong>Tauheedah Jackson</strong>,<strong> Judy Touzin</strong>, and<strong> Rob Watson </strong>from the Harvard EdRedesign Lab to learn more about these essential backbone leadership competencies, and how these abilities can be spread across multiple team members to better support the work.<br /><br /><strong>Resources and Footnotes</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e36ae1b7-58c3-3a36-a9f6-27fb78cebbec">Harvard EdRedesign Lab</a></li><li>Report: <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aa9099a52-9a7f-3587-8adc-ba649f3bc2d8">Building Strong, Sustainable Backbone Leadership</a></li></ul><p><strong>More on Collective Impact</strong></p><ul><li>Infographic: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/" target="_blank">What is Collective Impact?</a></li><li>Resource List: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/getting-started/" target="_blank">Getting Started in Collective Impact</a></li></ul><p>The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found <a href="https://filmmusic.io/song/5434-running/">here</a> and is licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC: By 4.0.</a></p><p>The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by <a href="https://incompetech.com/">Kevin Macleod</a>. Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC: By.</a></p><p>Have a question related to collaborative work that you'd like to have discussed on the podcast? Contact us at: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.o