Appreciative Inquiry: A positive approach to leadership development and organizational change. The method is used to boost innovation among organizations. A company might apply appreciative inquiry to best practices, strategic planning, organizational culture, and to increase the momentum of initiatives.
Board: a group of people constituted as the decision-making body of an organization
Catalytic leadership model: the combined union, intersection, and convergence of servant leadership, transformational leadership, and situational leadership. This model is the merging of three equally important approaches to leadership. When they are skillfully combined, they will create growth environments for leaders and their people.
Civic Discourse: an engagement in conversation to enhance understanding; communication around matters of public concern.
Civic Engagement: Civic engagement describes how individuals become involved in their community to make a positive difference in the lives of their fellow citizens. Civic engagement means participating in activities intended to improve the quality of life in one’s community by addressing issues of public concern, such as homelessness, pollution, or food insecurity, and developing the knowledge and skills needed to address those issues. Civic engagement can involve a wide range of political and non-political activities including voting, volunteering, and participating in group activities like community gardens and food banks.
Coalition: Coalitions are organized groups of people who have come together for the purpose of accomplishing a goal that is common to all parties involved. Due to the fluid nature of coalitions, it is possible for individuals, businesses, and other types of organizations to participate within a coalition, while still maintaining their own separate identity.
Committee: a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group; a group of people appointed by a legislature to consider the details of proposed legislation
Frame: Story lines that make an issue relevant to a particular audience. To frame - how you say something, creating a purpose behind how you are communicating to others.
Jurisdiction: The extent of the power to make legal decisions and judgements; the territory or sphere of activity over which the legal authority of a court or other institution extends.
Political Ecosystem: The state, government, and its institutions and legislations and the public and private stakeholders who operate and interact with or influence the system
Power: The capacity of an individual to influence the conduct (behavior) of others
Public Policy: the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based. It is the policy that governments cater to for the purpose of improving their economic and social systems.
Robert’s Rules of Order: the standard manual of codes and rules of ethics that govern discussions and decision-making in non-legislative organizations with boards of directors and committees. Simply referred to as Robert’s Rules, this framework helps directors have systematic, orderly, and goal-oriented meetings.
SOCO: Single, Overriding Communications Objective
Stakeholder: Any person, group or organization that is involved in or affected by a course of action.
Steering Committee: a committee that decides on the priorities or order of business of an organization and manages the general course of its operations.
Tuckman’s Model of Group Development: A model developed in 1965 that provides framework for team development and behavior. It suggests that talent is only one part of an effective team. Important aspects of team development include coming up with clear purpose and ground rules, identifying facilitators, accepting conflict and encouraging group participation. Tuckman’s stages of group development comprise five stages: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Each stage has associated feelings or behavioral patterns that primarily help the group move past challenges
Power and Power Dynamics