PAPER | Making Sense of the Multiple Faces of Leadership

This paper explores the multiple faces of leadership and draws from Weaver's years of experience in both implementing and supporting an array of community change efforts. The paper focuses on two central questions:

  • What similarities and differences exist between various approaches to leadership?

  • Which leadership approaches are best suited to help community changemakers achieve their desired impact?

This is the fourth paper in the 2018 Community Change Festival Series, highlighting each of the 5 interconnected practices essential for community change.



Recent posts

Belonging as Essential Social Infrastructure
A group of people hike in a forest
BLOG | Reflecting on Loving Lessons from our Equity Journey
Introducing the 2026 Adaptive and Resilient Communities Cohort (ARCC) Members
Importance Of Program Evaluation In Increasing Community Accessibility In Recreation
Landlords as community builders
Stony Plain: Reframing Landlords as Community Builders
Food Equity
Growing Solutions: Grande Prairie’s Bold Path Toward Food Equity
Youth mental health
Reimagining Youth Mental Health with Community at the Centre
Building Bolonging
Reflections on Belonging: Montreal 2025 Roundtables
Initiate Rural Business Accelerator
Initiate Rural Business Accelerator: Helping Rural and Remote Entrepreneurs Build, Launch and Scale
The Collaboration Imperative: How Boards and Leaders Drive Impact
Announcing the 2025-2026 Communities Climate Transitions Innovation Fund Recipients
Announcing the 2025-2026 Communities Climate Transitions Innovation Fund Recipients
There are always little things happening.” (Things happening written upside down).
Data, Evidence, and the Conditions for Joy
Relationships First: Carrying learning from Networks for Change into 2026
Relationships First: Carrying learning from Networks for Change into 2026
Engaging Equity Denied Groups in Ethical and Community Rooted Ways
The Story of Bonavista, Newfoundland
Transforming Rural Community: The Story of Bonavista, Newfoundland
Imagination, Federal Budgets and Community
Imagination, Federal Budgets and Community
The CBYF Journey: Celebrating Impact and Looking Ahead
Exploring the Intersections: Housing, Food Security, Belonging & Beyond
Exploring Poverty Intersections: Housing, Food Security, Belonging & Beyond
Building Equitable Collaborations for Systems Transformation
Homelessness and Housing in Canada: A Human Rights Crisis
Homelessness and Housing in Canada: A Human Rights Crisis