Coalitions

While it’s easy to say “we need to build trust,” actually building trust takes time and intentionality. When we are building relationships, we don’t usually think of it as “building trust,” but it is!

Coalition building is all about working together with others to do more than we could do on our own. If we are going to work with others and make an impact, we have to trust the people we work with in the coalition.

One of the most common challenges that I hear from coalition leaders is the struggle with engagement. How do I engage my coalition effectively? How can I get more people to engage in the work?

One of the best things about coalition work is working with people. One of the most challenging things about coalition work is working with people. 🙂 

This week’s post provides three ways you can celebrate that are both simple and meaningful. Of course you always want to check in with your coalition to find out what would resonate with them.

As coalition leaders, we can get caught up in the next task, meeting, activity, report or plan that we forget to add “celebrate” to the list.

One of the ways we can stay overwhelmed is when we try to keep doing everything ourselves. Join me this week as we practice delegating well.

One of the most common approaches to evaluation in coalition work is to plan and implement a project and then develop an evaluation plan.

When a coalition is ready to implement, they have done the work of figuring out how to work together and what is most important for them to do right now. Join me this week as I highlight three questions to consider to support implementation.

One of the most important and challenging aspects of coalition work – and sometimes life – is prioritizing. When leading a coalition, you can see all the needs and all the opportunities. There is always more to do than you have time, resources or partners who can do it.