What’s So Different About Leading A Social Enterprise
Event description
For Impact Hub Waikato's next event - explore the intricacies of social enterprise leadership with Brad Jackson, leadership expert and lecturer at The University of Waikato. He'll be joined by Emma Sinclair, CEO of Impact Hub Waikato, who will host the interactive discussion to open the session.
With Brad's knowledge and depth of experience, this event promises a double dose of insights and inspiration for aspiring and current leaders in the social impact space.
Brad Jackson, renowned for his expertise in social enterprise leadership, will delve into the distinct challenges and opportunities inherent in leading ventures with dual missions of profit and social impact. Drawing from his wealth of experience, Brad will shed light on the strategies and skills necessary to navigate this evolving landscape effectively.
He'll cover;
- What’s distinctive about leading and working in social enterprises?
- How do social enterprise leaders navigate the challenge of reconciling the commercial and social welfare imperatives?
- In what respects do social enterprise leadership practices differ from those practised in other sectors?
- How can we harness the dual power of place and purpose in social enterprise leadership?
The workshop will be a highly interactive, open and provocative discussion that will have a strong practical as well as conceptual focus.
In addition to Brad's session, attendees will have the unique opportunity to participate in an interactive discussion hosted by Emma where we'll be diving into some of society's biggest problems.
Join us for this enriching event on Wednesday the 17th of April at the new Hive11 collaborative space in Frankton, Hamilton
Impact Hub Connect Members get access to this event (and all our events!) for FREE. You'll receive an email with a discount code.
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Brad is currently a Professor of Leadership and Governance at the University of Waikato and programme Director for the CELF Elevate Leadership Programme. His current research exploring the inter-relationship between leadership and governance practices in promoting and sustaining social and economic innovation and the application of place-based approaches to foster cross-sectoral leadership development and education.Prior to joining Waikato University, Brad was the Professor of Social Innovation at Griffth University and the Professor of Public and Community Leadership at Victoria University of Wellington where he taught the Leading Social Enterprise course and served as Deputy Chair of the Akina Foundation.