Rockwood Leadership Institute is pleased to announce the 2019 Building Power Fellowship Cohort! A partnership between Rockwood, The California Endowment, and InPartnership Consulting, the Building Power Fellowship focuses on supporting health equity leaders to skillfully and collaboratively shift the local and state health policy landscape. A cohort of 22 diverse…

We are in the beautiful depths of spring here in the Bay Area. Rockwood is leaning into the season with lots of growth, change, and rejuvenation. We welcomed a new staff member and two new trainers, the program schedule for May and June is packed with 11(!) trainings, and Nonprofit…

Rockwood is proud to announce the 2019 cohort of the Rockwood JustFilms Fellowship! This fellowship brings together 12 leaders working at the intersection of storytelling, film, and social change to learn powerful skills that will shift their capacity for leadership and collaboration. This cohort represents a wide range of established…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ndbgi-ad67e4 It’s finally here! The first episode of Rockwood’s new podcast, with alum and CAIR SF-BA Executive Director Zahra Billoo. Zahra dropped by our offices to talk about joy, family, privilege, music, practicing resilience, and much, much more. [A transcript of this episode can be found here.] Don’t miss an episode…

Rockwood Leadership Institute is pleased to announce the 2019 Lead Now: California cohort! With the support and partnership of the California Endowment, the Weingart Foundation, and the Angell Foundation, Lead Now: California was created in response to the urgent political moment facing our nation that is calling forth a new…

At the beginning of every Rockwood Leadership Institute program, each participant is given a simple task: stand in front of the group, speak for two minutes and, at the end, calmly and confidently accept the resulting applause without looking away, squirming or deflecting with humor. The participants soon find out…

https://youtu.be/uqbOpVV7VPA Alum Luis Ramirez (On Youtube as iLuisRey) filmed this awesome video at the recent Art of Leadership for Philanthropic Leaders last month. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Android | RSS Take a breath. Let go of whatever you’re holding on to. Give yourself a moment to slow down and explore joyous, effective, transformative leadership with Rockwood’s new Leading From The Inside Out podcast. Bringing together the wisdom, inspiration, and…

https://vimeo.com/313316992 If 2017 was the year we were all called to leadership, 2018 was the year that called us to dream big. While we faced much of the same darkness we’ve been facing for years now, we also saw shining moments when vision became reality. Here at Rockwood, one of…