Leading Across Sectors and Professions for Collective Impact

Issued by University of Minnesota

Offered through the Graduate School in collaboration with the Center for Integrative Leadership, students and postdocs participated in one 2-hour interactive workshop focusing on cross-sector leadership to address complex societal issues.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Skills

Communication
Critical Thinking
Leadership
Partnership Development
Problem Redefinition
Problem Solving
Translating across sectors
Working across difference

Earning Criteria

This workshop enables participants to: understand the value of cross-sector leadership as a strategy for addressing large-scale societal challenges, know the difference between isolated impact and collective impact, be familiar with factors and design features for successful cross-sector collaboration, understand attributes of successful cross sector leadership teams, and practice a set of interpersonal skills and mindsets necessary to succeed in cross-sector collaborations.
To earn their digital badge, participants are required to write a 500-1000 word reflection paper evaluated by workshop facilitators with a grade of “satisfactory.”