Leadership that Promotes Social Change

Komives, Susan R.; Wagner, Wendy

doi:10.4324/9780367198459-reprw123-1

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“…In applied leadership courses students are often encouraged to choose their topics, starting with real problems they have identified or encountered within their workplaces or communities (i.e., privacy vs. security, individual rights vs. common good, multiculturalism vs. assimilation, etc.). This is fully in line with the Social Change Model created by the Higher Education Research Institute, as individuals practicing leadership are acknowledged to be instrumental in positive social change (HERI, 1996;Komives & Wagner, 2017). As such, students are invited to better understand these topics by conducting a literature review to understand their topic or claim, including what people, agencies, or policies, might be able to assist solving the problem, and at what levels.…”

Section: Writing In Its Natural Habitatmentioning

confidence: 76%

A LETTER WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Creating Stakeholder Connection For Policy Advocacy

Bloomquist¹,

Bergland²,

Speranza³

et al. 2022

Journal of Leadership Education

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The purpose of this article is to share with leadership educators a writing exercise designed to provide doctoral students enrolled in an Administrative and Policy Leadership course an opportunity to gain experience with building collective will for policy advocacy on a social justice issue. This article describes the use of a letter writing assignment including the background and justification for using letter writing rather than other forms of writing across the curriculum, instructions for students to complete the assignment, and examples and ideas for grading and providing constructive and instructive feedback to leadership students. The article concludes with recommendations and potential assignment modifications for leadership educators that choose to adopt this type of writing assignment within their leadership training curriculum.

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Section: Writing In Its Natural Habitatmentioning

confidence: 76%

A LETTER WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Creating Stakeholder Connection For Policy Advocacy

Bloomquist¹,

Bergland²,

Speranza³

et al. 2022

Journal of Leadership Education

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“…Furthermore, Connective Leadership permits new strategies that are inclusive of diverse groups of different backgrounds to work cohesively, harmoniously and creatively for mutual benefits (Lipman-Bluman, 2000). Additionally, various modern-day approaches, such as Social Change Model (Komives and Wagner, 2016) and Shared Leadership models (Kocolowski, 2010), will need to apply to make the necessary changes to renew the institutions in a globalized context. The policies must include human-centered, gender and cultural approaches whereby true leaders step out and begin to value all people, even the most marginalized groups, to gain empathy and understand people's experiences and expertise.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leave No One Behind: how systemic racism impacts Sustainable Development Goals

Ebron

Luzynski

Komanski

2023

IJPL

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PurposeThis paper critiques how the member states adopted the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a concerted effort to improve the lives and meet the basic needs of all global citizens. COVID-19 has been an unexpected precipitous monitoring system that has exposed the current implemented policies and systems, begging the question, “are these goals failing?” Furthermore, may it be equated to failed leadership on a global scale? The UN 17 SDGs is an urgent call for union by all countries – developed and developing – recognizes that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality and spur economic growth. This paper is central to addressing the shortcomings of UN leadership and multilateral organizations. The UN coordinates multilateral organizations' actions in reaching the most marginalized communities (United Nations, 2015). Hence, these outcomes have become more distant to those without means and most in need, a likely consequence of program failure and our globalized world. The pandemic has taught us national solutions to global problems fall short and may only exacerbate the outcome. The authors approach this as a failure of global leadership. The UN's pledge to “Leave No One Behind” has undermined its commitment to poverty and inequalities of racism and sectarianism. The UN staff are often unprepared to deal with the issues they have contributed to. They continue to perpetuate the inequalities that stem from racism and discrimination even though the pledge is to leave no one behind. The 17 SDGs are designed to impact citizens' health and livelihood. The goals have direct and indirect effects on women, children and the most marginalized groups residing in urban cities across the globe. This article examines systemic racism and the UN and its impact on the SDGs’ agenda.Design/methodology/approachThis article proposes a human-centered approach to address leadership inadequacies in a global public leadership institution using a literature review and contemporary cases.FindingsThis article argues a premise for the UN institutions to adapt their leadership approaches to better understand the global communities with whom they serve.Practical implicationsThis article is directed to multi-lateral leaders and governments in hopes to expose inequities and hypocrisies in order to advance more inclusive and culturally responsive approaches to tackle the most challenging social issues the world faces.Originality/valueThis article draws on current events of racism that challenge one of the largest global institutions and can potentially undermine the achievement of meeting the 2030 UN SDGs for any country.

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“…Dugan (2017) also called on leadership theory and research to grapple with the moral aspects of leadership development more thoroughly. And, scholars have applied leadership theories, such as the social change model, to center social responsibility in leadership development (such as Komives & Wagner, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many would argue that, if systemic forms of oppression shape the worldviews of educators and students, then they might disproportionately interpret and apply seemingly politically neutral theories and evidence in ways that reinforce the status quo. For example, the social change model of leadership development was a major contribution to leadership discourse and has arguably been the most visible and utilized leadership development framework in higher education over the past three decades (Komives & Wagner, 2016). The model offers a series of leadership characteristics that maximize the capacity to advance positive social change, which include developing consciousness of self, congruence between individual dispositions (e.g., values, beliefs, and strengths), an orientation toward collaboration, development of common purpose, the engagement of controversy with civility, and citizenship.…”

Section: The Problematic Neutrality Of Leadership Development Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Reframing leadership for a more just society

Mitchell

Museus

Puente

et al. 2023

New Drctns Student Lead

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This article provides an overview of important social and political contexts that underscore the need for an increased focus on the role of social justice in leadership education and development discourse. The article also discusses key misconceptions that inhibit critical conversations about leadership education and a leadership framework that designed to center social justice in leadership development efforts.

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Leadership that Promotes Social Change

Cited by 35 publications

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A LETTER WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Creating Stakeholder Connection For Policy Advocacy

A LETTER WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Creating Stakeholder Connection For Policy Advocacy

Leave No One Behind: how systemic racism impacts Sustainable Development Goals

Reframing leadership for a more just society

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