Jennifer M. Pigza, Ph.D., Academic Chair, Graduate Program in Leadership for Social Justice, Saint Mary’s College of California Panelists: Stacy Kono, Director, Programmatic Partnerships, Rockwood Institute Elissa Perry, Program Catalyst, Network Leadership Innovation Lab Ann Kletz, Principal, Leadership Search Partners Ahmed Mansur, Director, Urban Economy Institute Join a conversation with leadership development specialists and coaches about what it means to embrace and embody sustainable leadership. Specifically the conversation will explore how nonprofit leaders: • Develop their inner selves in order to do their outer work • Maintain passion in the midst of sometimes dis-passionate tasks • Develop practices that nurture personal sustainability • Translate care of whole self to people and organizations with whom they work

1. Next Gen Leaders for the
Non-Profit Sector
Jennifer Pigza, Saint Mary’s College of California
Ann Kletz, Leadership Search Partners
Stacy Kono, Rockwood Institute
Ahmad Mansur, Urban Economy Institute
Elissa Perry, Network Leadership Innovation Lab

2. What does it mean to
embrace sustainable
leadership?
How can you-we…
• Develop our inner selves in
order to do our outer work
• Maintain passion in the midst of
sometimes dis-passionate tasks
• Develop practices that nurture
personal sustainability
• Translate care of whole self to
people and organizations with
whom we work

3. Take 2 Minutes:
What matters most to you?

4. Thinking-Doing Leadership
Differently
Simple
Technical
Direction
Self-Sovereign
Complex
Adaptive
Coach’s Stance
Self-Transforming

5. Embracing Complexity
in Leadership
“There is a mismatch
between the world’s
complexity and our
own moment …
Complexity is not a
story about the world
but about leaders
adapting to its
challenges.”
Robert Kegan, Harvard Professor
Author, Immunity To Change

6. What is Foundational to Growth?
Play Reflective Practice Trust
“The result of play is that
we stumble upon new
behaviors, thoughts,
strategies, movements or
ways of being. We see
things in a different way
and have fresh insights.”
(Stuart Brown, 2009)
“Reflection is the absolute
necessary intervening
activity that converts input
- whatever our
experiences are - into
meaningful working
knowledge that can then
be tested in other
settings.”
(Chickering, Dalton, &
Stamm, 2006)
“Vulnerability-based trust is
what happens when members
get to the point where they are
completely comfortable being
transparent and honest with
one another, where they can
say and genuinely mean
things like ‘I screwed up,’ ‘I
need help,’ ‘Your idea is better
than mine,’ and even, ‘I am
sorry’.”
(Patrick Lencioni, 2012)

7. Wheel of Change for Individuals
“To create real
change for individuals
(including ourselves),
we must work in an
integrated way with
the three major
domains that
comprise our human
system.”
(Robert Gass, 2007)

8. Conversation
• What have you heard in this conversation
that could be helpful to you?
• How would you like to deepen your
knowledge and practice of leadership?

9. Take 2 Minutes
to Take Charge!
• What actions reinforce and
develop what matters most?
• What commitments can you
make to nurture your own
leadership?
• What will you do to nurture
the next generation of non-
profit leaders?

10. Contact Us
 Jennifer M. Pigza, Ph.D., Saint Mary’s College of
California, jpigza@stmarys-ca.edu
 Ann Kletz, Leadership Search Partners,
ann@leadershipsearch.com
 Stacy Kono, Rockwood Leadership Institute,
stacy@rockwoodleadership.org
 Ahmad Mansur, Urban Economy Institute,
amansur@lmi.net
 Elissa Perry, Network Leadership Innovation Lab,
elissaone@gmail.com