In today's increasingly complex world, individuals, organisations and even society's are constantly challenged to adapt to changes in their internal and external environments. The ability to deal with such changes successfully, is closely related to one's capacity to lead, or one's leadership, at each of these different levels.
In this section of the resource corner you will find a range of materials on (the importance of) 'leading for change' in organisations and the wider society, ranging from evaluating the effectiveness of leadership to the concept of systemst thinking, and from the challenges facing NGOs to those related to leadership in local government. This section complements the 'leading yourself' section which provides resources on managing your own change and becoming your own best leader.
To guide you through the range of resources available, the Short Paper - Leading for Change - will highlight some key materials, which you will find in the 'quality-controlled' section of the resource corner. The paper also explores:
· The different levels of leadership (e.g. personal, organisational and societal);
· The challenges faced by elected local government representatives, and how they can respond with creative and resourceful leadership;
· Leadership development in NGOs and the challenges facing NGOs;
· Leading change in the wider society;
· The competencies and tools to support leading for change.
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Non-quality controlled resources
In this Praxis Note, James looks at the different costs that the HIV/AIDS pandemic are inflicting on leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malawi.
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This third and final volume in a series on capacity development (published by UNDP) examines the different challenges related to capacity development.
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The authors draw from their experiences of researching the pan-African leadership development initiative "InterAction" to explore the manner in which participants use their understanding of leadership to facilitate beneficial social change in their communities.
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This guide provides UNDP staff and other development practitioners with a review of some key methodologies and practices in leadership development as well as concepts, and methodologies for systematic application and support in this field.
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The research focusses on Afghanistan, Kosovo and Sierra Leone, three countries well-known for their brutal conflicts. It tries to explain why many of the political leaders that played an important part in perpetuating conflict remain a public feature in the subsequent peace processes.
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This scan of 55 leadership development programmes intends to map the outcome terrain for change-oriented leadership development programmes. It provides an overview of the evaluation approaches that programmes are using to capture, document and evaluate, or learn from, leadership outcomes.
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This paper analyses the experiences of women candidates that won office in the 2004 municipal elections in Niger. Based on research in five municipalities, it examines the formal criteria and informal dynamics that influenced their election.
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This case study presents the findings of a research into the informal factors in the life history of 11 elected women councilors in Northern Tanzania that contributed to their success in politics.
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This case study documents the process and findings of a research into the 'informal factors' that influence pastoralist women's access to elective political leadership at the district-level in Kenya.
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This paper examines the impact of capacity development programmes on the peformance of Benin's municipalities in improving the economy, health, education and living conditions of its citizens. More specifically, the paper looks at the relation between their performance in implementing their mun...