Lead from Strengths - Building Collaborative Leadership from the Inside Out
Zoom
Event Details
Designed for any nonprofit leader managing a team or influencing collaboration, this session helps participants uncover their unique leadership strengths and values to foster authentic collaboration and trust. Through guided reflection and discussion, participants will explore how their personal leadership style impacts relationships and teamwork, and how to intentionally apply their strengths to strengthen communication, build alignment, and create values-driven collaboration across roles, teams, and organizations. Participants will leave with clarity on their leadership approach and practical strategies for using their strengths to lead collaboratively and effectively.
Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Identify their top character strengths and understand how to intentionally apply them to foster collaboration and trust.
- Explore power dynamics inherent in leading and collaborating with others, and how to address them.
- Learn strategies for building stronger, values-driven relationships across teams and organizational lines.
- Develop practical ways to apply their strengths when navigating partnerships, cross-team projects, and new roles.
Education Programs Sponsors
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Cost + Registration
- $45 MANP members / $65 Nonmembers
- Scholarships available for MANP members! Prior to registering, email your scholarship request to Learn@NonprofitMaine.org and be sure to include your name and organization.
- Attend the full series and save!
- $120 Members / $180 Nonmembers
Individual Session Registration
In today’s rapidly shifting nonprofit landscape — marked by funding cuts, deep organizational change, and increased demands on limited resources — the ability collaborate effectively is more important than ever. This workshop series is designed to support nonprofit leaders, executive directors, and organizations that want to partner with others more effectively. From understanding power dynamics and one’s unique leadership strengths and areas for growth, to building trust across relationships, to applying clear, practical tools that strengthen alignment and accountability, participants will gain a comprehensive foundation for leading collaborative efforts both within and across organizations.
Schedule
All sessions take place over Zoom from 1:00-2:30 PM ET.
- March 12: Lead from Strengths - Building Collaborative Leadership from the Inside Out
- March 26: Trust in Action — The Six Steps to Collaborative Success
- April 9: Collaboration by Design — Tools to Clarify Roles, Decisions, and Accountability
Outcomes
By the end of the three-session series, participants will:
- Explore power dynamics that both support and get in the way of collaboration.
- Identify and apply their unique leadership strengths and values to build trust and collaboration across teams and partnerships.
- Develop practical strategies for building and sustaining trust across partnerships during times of change and complexity.
- Gain simple, proven tools they can apply immediately to clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision-making for more effective teamwork.
- Enhance their ability to lead collaboratively—fostering alignment, accountability, and shared ownership within and across organizations.
- Attend sessions individually or as a series—they’re designed to build on each other!
- Participants will receive login instructions in the registration confirmation e-mail as well as in reminder emails that will be sent one day and one hour prior to the event.
- This webinar will be recorded and available to all registered participants for 30 days after the event. Participants who are unable to attend live will still have access to all materials.
- This MANP-hosted webinar will be hosted in Zoom Meeting and we ask participants turn off their cameras and mute themselves when joining.
Accessibility
MANP is committed to ensuring all participants are accommodated at our events. If you have accessibility needs, please email us at Learn@NonprofitMaine.org with your request no fewer than 10 business days prior to the event.
About the Presenter
Amanda Silver, M.S. is a leadership development consultant, trainer, and executive coach with 24 years of experience helping leaders and organizations increase their impact. She partners with philanthropic and capacity-building organizations, executive directors and senior leaders to strengthen teamwork, communication and organizational culture. Amanda’s approach integrates mindfulness, emotional intelligence, inclusive practice, and strength-based mindsets to create practical, sustainable change.
Amanda has worked with hundreds of clients across higher education, health care, philanthropy, and mission-driven organizations. She is the founder of the Women’s Leadership Incubator, a 3-month group coaching program for high-performing women in leadership. At Dartmouth College, Amanda created Dartmouth LEADS, a 9-month, cohort-based development program for high-performance managers, and supported institution-wide strategic planning for the Provost’s Office and the Division of Campus Services.
Amanda holds an M.S. in Positive Organizational Development and a Certificate in Coaching for Emotional Intelligence from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She is a graduate of the Non-Profit Institute’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Consultant Training and the Racial Justice from the Heart Programs; and a Development Dimensions International Certified Facilitator. Amanda is a frequent collaborator with Common Good Vermont, the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits, and the Maine Association of Nonprofits. She lives in Hanover, NH with her husband and children, and enjoys salsa dancing, yoga, and diving into a good book.