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Want to Help BIPOC Leaders Grow? Build on Their Strengths and Let Them Lead the Way
A group of Delaware River Watershed professionals connect at an event. In fall 2022, the Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) established a new leadership development program for professionals of color

Check-ins: They Do More Than Open a Meeting
Check-ins, openers, and icebreakers play a critical role in a meeting’s success. When weighing how to spend precious time, sometimes leaders cut them to squeeze “work” out of every minute

Planning for Your Collaboration
Planning for collaborations is unique The issues facing those of us seeking healthy communities and ecosystems are complex. Most groups do not have the ability to create changes needed on

Intentions Support Adaptation
Yellow Peradeniya flowers bloom in April. The month of April is not only an exciting season of renewal and growth as we welcome Spring but is also when I culturally

Collaboration is Like Regenerative Agriculture
Bryce Cotton of Cotton Cattle Company talks with a group of Delaware River Watershed Initiative members in New Jersey. We’ve heard the voices of frustration and challenges about how long

Summer 2022 Reading & Listening Recommendations
With summer right around the corner, we’d like to offer you a special treat to encourage warm weather learning! We asked our board members and staff to recommend books and