Not Simple: Robin Katcher, Cooperative Leadership

About this episode

Robin Katcher discusses how leaders from different organizations can collaborate to achieve greater societal change.

"Societal change requires movements and networks of organizations working together—but what if the way we work together could be even better? Could it lead to greater freedom for our leaders and more realistic expectations? ... No one person holds the answer, but when the right people come together, we just might find a better one." Robin Katcher is a colleague at Cultivating Leadership and has spent the past 25 years supporting justice organizations, leaders, and networks as a faciliatior, consultant, and a coach. She and Rebecca discuss how leaders from across different organizations come together across differences to accomplish tasks and win gains that they couldn't on their own and how that affects their leadership.

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Scott

Guest: Robin Katcher

Topics covered

• cooperative leadership
• societal change
• organizational networks
• justice organizations
• collaborative work

Keywords

• leadership
• collaboration
• justice
• facilitation
• coaching
• networks
• movements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cultivating Leadership

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