Collective Leadership as a Path for Sustainable Development
Putting People, Agency and Leadership First
Introduction
The People First Community is a cross-sectoral and globally diverse group of practitioners, academics, and public and private sector actors with a shared belief in the importance of prioritizing investing in collective leadership development as a path for sustainable development. This Community believes we have not had enough focus on leadership development within the international development field to this point, and that when the international community has focused on it, we have not done so with a goal of developing collective, diverse, locally rooted leadership focused on sustainable development.
The objective of this Community is twofold. First, the Community intends to be a space for learning, thought partnership, and collaboration among its members. Second, we aim to raise awareness about the importance of growing investment in collective leadership development and influence the international development ecosystem.
Who we are

Events
12 May 2022 | Catalyzing Change Week: Investing in leadership and management to catalyze progress against the SDGs
12 April 2022 | People First Talk: Fred Swaniker
What We’re Reading
Education Reimagined: Leadership for a new era
Locally Driven Development
Valuing local knowledge and solutions for SDG progress
Investing in Public Sector Leadership and Management to Accelerate Sustainable Development
Opinion: 5 ways to decolonize global health and build greater equity
Opinion: Africa will flourish if we invest in its young people
Join our Community
For more information, please contact people@peoplefirstdev.org.
