CEO Caroline Whistler Participates in NGen Leadership Award Twitter Town Hall
Third Sector CEO and Co-Founder Caroline Whistler recently participated in a Twitter Town Hall with her five fellow nominees for Independent Sector's NGen Leadership Award for the 2019 Upswell Conference. The winner will be announced at the Upswell Conference in Chicago November 13-15. You can read Caroline's responses to a Q & A with Upswell here and see her responses in the Town Hall below.
A1: Structural racism in our public systems, which is a root cause of increasing economic disparities and injustice. Climate transformation that is already accelerating the inequality that exists. -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/vlZtLjk07x
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A2: Understanding & deploying incentives within systems to implement changes that require those systems to focus on long term improvement vs. “silver bullet” fixes. Use incentives to focus on structural changes and ultimately lead to a shift in decisionmaking power -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/CEdX1N6hG1
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A3: Voice the tension between competing & shared priorities. Note the role your power & privilege play in the collab. Tune in to all at the table, & seek people who aren't present/don't agree. Stay humble: if collab is “easy” you likely aren’t being inclusive -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/TOxWYLt9HY
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” -- Frederick Douglass #ngenleads
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A5: I have a deep love for people and faith in an individual’s ability to create change. I enjoy the challenge of understanding motivations & different perspectives, then bringing energy to align those motivations with opportunity to drive results for communities. -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/4xWQYAwIrS
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A6: We scale our impact through close partnership w/ public sector. Don't let perfection block good change - systems won’t transform overnight. Establish interim measures to learn and evaluate progress. Humility, hard work, & humor are essential to partnership. -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/9kvzTR0MzH
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A7: A structural change to a system that is both scalable and sustainable. -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/Z1hpMt7oqO
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
A8: Make someone else’s growth as a changemaker one of your priority goals (translation: Manage someone! You can’t reach your full potential unless you can help others reach theirs!) :) Bonus action: Read history. From people you agree with AND those you don’t -CW #ngenleads https://t.co/9Dozq1dpKU
— Third Sector (@ThirdSectorInc) August 22, 2019
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