the leadership that got us here isn't the leadership we need going forward
Hank's newest book helps leaders reimagine how to build and lead collaborations even as the world
is pulling us apart.
About Hank...
When the American Library Association says “Rubin wrote the book on this stuff”... believe them!!
“...how to recognize and develop collaborative skills, develop a shared vision, build community partnerships, and pool agendas … Rubin wrote the book on this stuff.” — Library Journal, Vol. 124 no. 10, June 1, 1999
One of America's most insightful and spirited experts on collaboration and public leadership, Hank has helped shape the discipline, define the terms, and support the development of thousands of nonprofit, community and education leaders around the world as a coach, consultant, trainer and speaker.
Hank’s been a commissioner, dean, superintendent, distinguished visiting scholar, executive director, organizer and civil rights advocate, elected school board member, bestselling author, and student of public leadership in Illinois, Ohio, South Dakota, Washington DC and Upstate New York.
Coaching-Training-Speaking
Hank is your best resource for LEADERSHIP COACHING (for individuals and for teams), TRAINING for new & existing collaborations/boards/networks, and KEYNOTE SPEAKING.
Hank will help you and your team make change happen!
What a few leaders have said about Hank's coaching, writing & training
- ". . . Hank is, once again, at the portal of a new area of (leadership development) . . . Lord knows, we need to understand, learn, and teach young and aspiring public leaders how to build and manage their relationships with other public leaders." Danny K. Davis, US Congressman, US House of Representatives, 7th District, Illinois
- "… Hank Rubin has fashioned a new and needed vision for collaborative leadership that can work anywhere ..." John Wilson, former Executive Director National Education Association
- ". . . reminds me of my good pal Dr. Earnest Boyer . . . (with) that special forward-looking thinking of a great collaborative leader." Robert J. Danzig, author of The Leader Within You and retired Senior Executive of Hearst Newspapers
- ". . . (Hank’s) right on target for the thoughtful nonprofit leader . . . he’ll make you think and help you succeed!" Dr. Carl C. Bell, formerly Univ. of Illinois and President & CEO, Community Mental Health Council
... and about The Bestseller that started it all
- "… A must read for nonprofit and government managers, educators, business leaders, community activists and all citizens concerned with effective solutions to public and organizational issues." Dennis R. Young, Emeritus Professor, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University; and Emeritus Professor of Nonprofit Management & Economics, Case Western Reserve University
- “… I've read (this book) and keep going back to review certain parts as various collaborative issues arise. It's so full of good stuff…” Mark Bielang, former Superintendent Paw Paw School District & President, American Association of School Administrators (2009-2010)
- ". . . outstanding, comprehensive, insightful, clear and brief . . . " Sandy Boyd, retired president of the University of Iowa and the Field Museum of Natural History
- "Hank Rubin is at it again. Collaboration Skills for Educators and Nonprofit Leaders ... is a little volume with a potentially big payoff for thoughtful practitioners … The focus here is on accomplishing tangible results, making a difference and completing our work in the public realm. Rubin sees our jobs as revolving 'around building villages of support to raise children.' His book can help us be successful in that mission." Peter Carparelli for The School Superintendents Association, The School Administrator
- "This reader-friendly and useful book details convincingly the need for collaboration in educational leadership and provides practical suggestions and tools for leaders who choose to collaborate to accomplish important goals they cannot achieve on their own. " Anne Wescott Dodd, National Association of Secondary School Principals. NASSP Bulletin
- "... Rubin translates complex, contextually driven processes into digestible bites. The text is compelling, refreshing, and a joy to read. It made me reconsider all that I know about collaboration and where we are as educators.” Chris Ferguson, Program Associate Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
- "… This is a must-read for school administrators and those in management who are interested in knowing how collaboration works effectively and successfully toward institutional goal attainment." Osman Alawiye, former Dean, Ella Cline School of Education SUNY Geneseo
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BRIEF SOUNDCLIPS for busy leaders.
Just 3-4 minutes of Hank's best thinking on Leadership.
Each episode is loaded with life-lessons and thoughtful reflections that will help you lead better.
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Hank's sensibilities, wisdom, experience and wit are what you need whether you're planning, launching, leading, encouraging or struggling to repair a collaboration.
The guiding voice on your shoulder.
The inspiring eloquence for your team.
Empathy. Expertise. Experience.
1-on-1 Coaching
Small Group or Team Coaching
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Leadership Academies
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Leadership Academies
Leadership Training Workshops & Retreats
Hank's Leadership Academies are 2 or 3 hours or 2 or 3 days ... designed to meet the optimal training needs of you and your leadership team. Hank will work with you to design the training you need
whether it's:
Becoming a (better) Collaborative Leader
[Honing the skills & principles of collaborative leadership]
or
Planning, Launching, Leading or Repairing your Collaboration
[Applying those skills & principles to your collaborative vision.]
or
How To Be An Antiracist Leader
[Merging Hank's collaborative leadership skills & principles with the bestselling antiracist principles of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, this breakthrough training applies practical, plainspoken principles for leading with equity, purpose, and courage.]