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Introducing CLC: The Change Leadership Collaborative

New York, N.Y., May 23 –A group of experts in leading successful change efforts has announced the formation of the Change Leadership Collaborative, an organization that helps public and private institutions turn vision into sustained reality. 

The Collaborative – whose 30 members have deep experience and expertise in K-12 education, higher education, philanthropy and the non-profit sector –provides a range of consulting services including strategic planning, grant development and proposal writing, planning for sustainability and scale, stakeholder analyses, and communications strategies, drawing on the expertise of members, among other services. The group meets every month virtually and in-person once a year. Its members also support each other by learning together, partnering, supplementing expertise and incubating new projects. 

“Leading change effectively is one of the most important aspects of effective leadership, especially these days when the only constant is change,” said Jody Spiro, Ed.D., the Collaborative’s founder. “It requires not only building a shared vision, strategic planning and early wins, but also ensuring successful implementation through ongoing learning and revision, and effective communication.   All community members have designed and implemented positive change that in many cases has endured for decades. As a learning community, we learn from, draw on and apply those experiences in working with others.” 

Organizations currently undertaking projects with the Collaborative include Learning Forward, a national membership organization of educators focused on professional learning, the National SAM Innovation Project, San Diego State University, Florida Atlantic University, and the National Policy Board for Educational Administration.  The management committee for the Collaborative incudes: Jody Spiro, the author of High-Payoff Strategies: How Education Leaders Get Results (Jossey-Bass, 2015), and Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales (Jossey-Bass, 2010), and is an adjunct professor at several universities; Aiesha Eleusizov, a consulting strategist with experience in managerial and analytic roles at The Wallace Foundation, and other U.S. and global non-profits; and Lucas Held, a strategic communications consultant who has led communications teams in philanthropy and higher education.