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Leadership
Some recent examples of Leadership projects can be found below.
Program Assessment, The Eisenhower Fellowships, of a leadership development program for mid-career professionals from around the world (2004).
The program was started in 1955 to honor President Eisenhower and over the years has brought over 1,000 emerging leaders to the U.S. for travel, meetings, and site visits with American leaders and institutions. OMG's evaluation included a review of program activities and expected outcomes (via pathway mapping), 15 in-depth case studies of program alumni, and an online alumni survey. The research yielded evidence that the fellowship leads to strong individual-level outcomes (increases in knowledge, skills, worldview, etc.) and moderate organizational-level and societal-level outcomes.
Evaluation of Leadership for a Changing World, Ford Foundation.
OMG is engaged in a multi-year formative and outcomes evaluation of the Leadership for a Changing World (LCW) program, The Ford Foundation, which recognizes the achievements of outstanding social justice leaders who are not yet well-known outside their immediate communities. LCW provides financial support for their work; conducts research that explores their leadership; and encourages increased public conversation about community leadership. OMG initially worked with the program partners to articulate the program's theory of change and assess its implementation, and our work led to several program refinements/improvements. OMG has fielded several online and paper-based surveys, conducted focus groups and individual interviews with program staff and participants, observed meetings, and maintained a database of media coverage of the program. In 2005, OMG will assess program outcomes.
Evaluation of the Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Program, The Rockefeller Foundation.
Launched in 1997, NGL focuses on identifying and nurturing leaders, and providing opportunities for examining challenges to democracy and social justice, and for developing strategic collaboration among program participants. OMG assessed the effectiveness of the program's design and implementation; gathered evidence of its short-term impacts on the organizations and communities of the NGL fellows; and took stock of the contributions that NGL has made within the field of leadership development programs in the U.S. OMG used a theory-of-change approach to surface program assumptions and identify anticipated outcomes, which provided a framework for the evaluation. OMG also designed and conducted an online survey of current awardees and alumni of the program.
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