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Hank Rubin

PhD
Author & Founder
Institute for Collaborative Leadership
Country or state 
United States (New York)
Available to 
Australia & New Zealand
City 
Rochester
Fee 
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Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/New_York

Personal Details

Current position (2)

Author & Founder

Institute for Collaborative Leadership

Commissioner

Public Housing Authority

Degrees (1)
Public & Education Leadership
Northwestern University & University of Chicago
1980

Bio

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Bio #1

Hank's a bestselling author:

Collaborative Leadership: Developing Effective Partnerships for Communities & Schools (Corwin Press) and over 70 books, articles, chapters and editorials in national publications (including the NY Times, Chicago Tribune & Gannett Newspapers).

An award-winning speaker (topics include: Lead for a Change!, How to be an Antiracist Leader!, Are you a Collaborative Leader?)

An experienced Public Leader:

• including the US Commission on Civil Rights, Racial Equity And Leadership (REAL) Commission (NY), Ohio Learning First Alliance, and more.

• Executive Director: Institute for Voluntary Organizations, Citizens Schools Committee, and more.

• Associate State Superintendent of Education (Ohio).

• Vice President, Rochester (NY) Area Community Foundation

• Commissioner, Public Housing Authority.

A Scholar:

o Professor of Public + Education + Nonprofit Leadership, How to be an Antiracist Leader, Sociology

o Distinguished Visiting Scholar at George Mason University

o Dean of Education and Human Services

... with experience as a community organizer, activist, k-12 teacher, elected official and television actor.

He coined the term “pracademic” in 1989.

Bio #2

"Rubin wrote the book on this stuff" (American Library Association). But even with his international bestseller Collaborative Leadership and his decades of coaching, training, speaking and teaching, the evidence is clear: it hasn't worked!

We're more polarized now than we've been in generations. Mission-driven public leaders is the audience for Hank's dynamic, engaging and practical speeches. His message is not only "WE HAVE TO LEAD BETTER", it’s the title of his new book: a practical toolkit for mission-driven public leaders. Compelling engaged speaking, direct and hard-hitting questions, step-by-step, practical bridge-building for practical leaders.

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Lead for a Change!

Tailored to your context ...
Hank will remind you: What's the purpose of public sector leadership?
... and then walk you through an interactive examination of How To Make Change Happen. [Introducing his groundbreaking Leadership Change Model.]

How to be an Antiracist Leader!

Tailored to your context ...
Hank will merge important lessons from Dr. Ibram Kendi's book How To Be An Antiracist and Hank's bestselling Collaborative Leadership to help move antiracism to the center of your organization's (or coalition's) leadership agenda and output.

This needs to be heard from white male leaders, too!

Are you a Collaborative Leader?

There are always conditions that make it extra hard to be an effective Collaborative Leader.
Tailored to your context ...
Hank will engage you in exploring elements and phases of collaboration; how they fit within the leadership demands you're facing; and how to become a more effective Collaborative Leader.

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Lead For A Change! Hank's weekly podcast series ... 2-3 quick-hitting insights to become a more effective Collaborative Leader. PANDORA
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Books & Articles (3)

Why Lead? Your Leadership Change Model
ICL,
2023
The Power of Words: Leadership's Working Definitions
ICL,
2024
Collaborative Leadership, Developing Effective Partnerships for Communities and Schools

Expertise (6)

Leadership
Social & Political
Education
Business
Collaborative Leadership Antiracist Leadership
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

"Hank wrote the book on collaborative leadership!"
Building Leaders Who Make Change Happen!

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