Ask ALF
Ask ALF provides helpful resources to members who want to tackle tough issues, gather valuable information, establish meaningful connections and share stories. In addition to ideas about how to get started with collaborative leadership, this page contains links to the Ask ALF Senior Fellows database and useful materials such as a collaboration checklist.
Ask ALF Senior Fellows - Search the Database
With more than 700 ALF Houston / Gulf Coast Fellows and Senior Fellows, the Ask ALF database is an invaluable tool. Use it to search for connections to resources or like-minded individuals needed for collaboration.
How detailed is your profile? Make the Ask ALF database even more powerful when you update your profile. Your profile is up-to-date when it is 100% complete with your latest information including special interests and your areas of expertise.
The FAQs section of the website offers tips on how to search the ALF Houston/Gulf Coast Senior Fellows database and other website information.
Please Share Details of Your Leadership
Help ALF track collaborative leadership by sharing your story. Tell who was involved, what issues were discussed, what plans were made and what goals were reached. Whether it happened yesterday or thirty years ago, your story of collaborative leadership will provide ALF with useful information and may inspire others to get started with their idea.
Tell us your story. Click Collaboration Story to tell us more about your leadership collaboration.
Types of Collaborative Leadership
Connection - Connecting resources to help fulfill a need or solve a problem.
Seeking or Receiving Guidance - Sharing your experience and guidance with others; seeking and receiving guidance or best practices from others.
Collaborative Leadership Project - Gathering of like-minded individuals to collaborate to address a problem or opportunity.
Issue Exploration Sessions
Senior Fellows wishing to create a dialogue session around a specific issue, problem or community need may ask ALF for support. ALF staff will assist you in engaging other leaders to participate in a facilitated session to explore the issue. ALF will also help develop the session, secure a location, issue invitations and perform other functions as needed.
Annual Leadership Survey
ALF Class XXVI is currently reviewing the idea of an annual city-wide leadership survey. If you are interested in developing this idea, contact Harriet Wasserstrum, harriet@alfhouston.com.
Collaborative Leadership Materials
The links below are helpful tools for any collaboration or leadership project.
Kevin McCarthy, Dialogue Basics 2009
Joe Synan, Community Collaboration Toolkit for Leaders
David Crislip, Collaboration Checklist
