As facilitators, our job is to help environmental and conservation leaders have tough conversations, build consensus, and together explore ways to end ... Read more
November 20, 2018
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September 25, 2018
Want an Effective Partnership? Ask These 4 Key Questions First!
If the word “partnership” makes you shudder, you are in good company. It can be hard enough to work with your teammates, much less try to work with ... Read more
July 9, 2018
Change: ICL’s Summer Reading Recommendations
ICL's team picks their favorite books about change for this summer. Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard by Chip and Dan ... Read more
March 21, 2018
Organize Meetings that Accelerate Your Work
The last gasps of winter remind me of snowy days sledding as a child in Michigan: scrambling up the hill with a pack of friends and our sleds in tow; ... Read more
February 23, 2018
Sustainability for the Long Haul: Reflections on ICL’s work with the National Heritage Areas
Maybe you’ve noticed those special brown signs as you travel the interstate highway system telling you about entering a National Heritage Area or ... Read more
November 10, 2017
The Stress is Real – and so is the Antidote
Are you feeling more stressed, anxious, and taxed as a leader? Know that you are not alone. Early last year, we began noticing a theme in our ... Read more
September 12, 2017
Let’s connect! Will you be attending these fall events?
The weeks ahead are full of conferences where board, staff, and volunteers in the environmental and conservation community are gathering to deepen ... Read more
July 6, 2017
Leadership Transitions: The Question is Not “If” but “When’
Nearly half of organizations have had to fill a “C-suite” position in the past two years, according to the Bridgespan Group in their 2015 survey. In ... Read more
December 15, 2015
A Changing Landscape: Future Leadership for the Great Lakes
In the fall of 2015, the Institute for Conservation Leadership, with support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, conducted a study to better ... Read more