As part of a multi-tiered effort to advance knowledge and understanding of community leadership, the Council on Foundations’ Community Foundations Leadership Team, in partnership with CFLeads, launched action-oriented Community Leadership Networks. Two Community Leadership Networks formed in 2008. Each network was composed of teams of two to six trustees and staff members from several community foundations. The networks met over a year’s time, working in real time on real community leadership issues, addressing both the internal and external changes necessary to increase effectiveness and impact.