Every Jewish organization should be a great place to work, lead, and serve.
Alumni Forum 2024: September 10-11 in Atlanta
Join board and executive leaders for a 30-hour in-person learning lab on shared board-staff leadership! You'll gain actionable insights that move the needle in your organization, deepen your shared leadership practices together with your peers, and build practice-based strategies towards a culture of leading together with vision, integrity, and boldness — no matter your role. Open to CEOs (senior-most professional leaders of any title) and board members who currently work or serve in Jewish organizations.
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Leading Edge helps Jewish organizations improve their workplace culture and leadership so that they can better achieve their missions.
For Executives
Explore leadership development programs like Leading Executives, and other programs and resources for executives changing the Jewish world.
For Organizational Culture
Make your organization a “leading place to work” with surveys, tools, and the support of our “People Pro Collective” community.
For Boards
Strengthen your Jewish nonprofit’s board leadership and the board-professional partnership with resources and programs like the Board Member Institute.
Resource Library
Sharing useful, rigorous resources on culture, talent, and leadership.
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ReportBoardsJewish Nonprofit Boards: CEO Perceptions & Actions for Better Governance
Based on data from a survey of 304 CEOs in May 2023 and a qualitative research project based on 36 CEO interviews in summer 2023, this report shares findings on how CEOs of Jewish nonprofits perceive their boards.
ArticleOrganizational CultureResources for Managing Teams with Diverse Viewpoints
Disagreements on a team about passionately held beliefs can be painful. But when organizations manage diversity of viewpoints well, it can be a superpower. This topic is sensitive, complex, and difficult, but here are some resources that might help.
ArticleOrganizational CultureSupporting People in Diaspora Jewish Nonprofits During the Crisis in Israel
Our hearts are with the people of Israel as they try to be resilient in the face of recent heartbreaking and terrifying events. The Jewish nonprofit sector in North America is deeply bound up with communities in Israel. Leadership and culture are never more important than when times are hard. It is in that spirit that we share this brief list of thoughts, ideas, and resources for supporting the people who are the Jewish nonprofit sector at this time.
Influence. Empower. Innovate.
Leading Edge is:
A think tank
Our tools and resources drive culture and leadership change in the Jewish nonprofit sector.
A platform
Our leadership development programs and communities of practice connect and enable amazing leaders.
A laboratory
Our research, surveys, and pilot programs create and test interventions that make organizations more effective.
The reason we are prepared to handle this current situation is because we have now been paying attention to culture for a long time. This isn't new to us anymore. Leading Edge changed the conversation to help us focus on culture.”
