Using Results Based Leadership to Improve Child, Family, and Community Well-being:  Developing Multi-Sector Leaders’ Capacity to Work Collaboratively

 

Please download the full description of the RBLC’s work here.

 

Individually and collectively, leaders have long sought ways to implement strategies that achieve measurable and lasting improvements in the well-being of children, families, and communities.  Yet, gaps often exist between desired results and current realities.  The RBLC seeks to address and ultimately eliminate these gaps head-on by conducting research to inform a set of evidence-based leadership practices and applying these practices in communities and programs across the country.

 

The RBLC’s programs develop the leadership capacity of public, private, faith, business, and community leaders and promote collaboration across sectors.  The Theory of Aligned Contributions (TOAC), a conceptual model and an emerging theory of change, provides a framework that catalyzes and supports leaders in their efforts to achieve measurable results for populations.  Emerging research suggests that through their participation in these programs, leaders develop a set of competencies that enables them to simultaneously create strong, cross-sector relationships and action agendas that produce measurable results.  By applying the RBLC approach, leaders can move from effort to success and ensure healthy communities and effective programs.

 

The following are some of the Collaborative areas of research and practice:

 

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Leadership in Action Program addressing improved results at the population level with research and development in:

• Marion County/Indianapolis:  successful integration of ex-offenders into the community
• DeKalb County, GA:  children succeeding in school
• United States Virgin Islands:  children succeeding in school
• Baltimore City, MD:  children entering school ready to learn
• Anne Arundel County, MD:  children entering school ready to learn
• United States Virgin Islands:  children succeeding in school
• Elkhart County, Indiana:  successful integration of ex-offenders into the community

 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality Initiative addressing improving access and quality of health care with leadership development and research in:

• Central Indiana
• Detroit, Michigan
• Greater Boston, Massachusetts
• Humboldt County, California
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Western Michigan
• Western New York
• Willamette Valley, Oregon