Attributes HOME Solutions Collaborative Leadership Attributes Attributes Collaborative leadership looks at the big picture. Today's environment requires in every arena new thinking, new people, and new skills. There is no substitute. Communities have determined that the health of their civic life is intricately tied to their economic success. These communities have learned that the secret of successful regions is effective collaboration among business, government, education, and community leadership in addressing new challenges and opportunities.
Community leadership needs vision and persistence as it attempts to define and cultivate leadership.
Civic leaders must be able to see it and see it through by mobilizing peoples' diverse talents. Collaborative leadership is about inclusion, not exclusion. Big ideas are hatched in a big tent. But historically we have not thought about others who might have been instrumental to the success in less visible ways. In his work on paradigm shifts, Thomas Kuhn found that young scientists made many of the most significant discoveries.