What are the five leadership practices of organizing?

The five leadership practices of organizing support the People, Power, Change framework.

1. Public narrative: Why am I called to leadership?
   1. By telling the story of who I am, who we are as a community, and what choice we can make in this urgent moment, we invite others to act on their values and join in our collective action
2. Relationship building: What can we do together based on our shared values?
   1. By asking each other not just what we are interested in but why we are interested in it, we build transformational relationships with strong commitments that become the foundation of our structure
3. Team structure: How can we grow our leadership capacity?
   1. By creating a shared purpose, building norms and assigning roles, we develop each other’s leadership in interdependent teams and hold each other accountable to collective action
4. Strategy: How can we turn our resources into power to create change?
   1. By focusing on a tangible change and hypothesizing how to achieve that change through power analysis, we build concrete pathways to change that result not just in a campaign win but also individual and organizational growth
5. Action: How do we keep the momentum?
   1. By effectively mobilizing others and engaging them in well-designed actions, we increase in number and build our power to achieve our goal

We also practice coaching throughout, enabling each other to overcome head, heart, and hand challenges. By asking questions and trusting that the other person has the capacity to draw out their own answers, we grow each other’s leadership.