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21st Century Women's Leadership… into candid discussions among top women executives about leadership styles, ambivalence about ambition, and the role … ceiling but a series of challenges in "the labyrinth of leadership." … 21st Century Women's Leadership …
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Leadership (Re)constructed: How Lens Matters… This paper develops a view of leadership as a social construct, as something that is … particular context. Different contexts allow us to see how leadership emerges in action. We further develop the idea that leadership is relational to highlight its social and …
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Leadership and the Psychology of Power… This chapter begins to fill in a gap in the leadership literature by looking at the psychological … Leadership and the Psychology of Power …
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Advancing Relational Leadership Research: A Dialogue Among Perspectives… and followers live in a relational world-a world in which leadership occurs in complex webs of relationships and … changing contexts. Despite this, our theories of leadership are grounded in assumptions of individuality and … linear causality. If we are to advance understandings of leadership that have more relevance to the world of practice, …
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Collective dimensions of leadership: The challenges of connecting theory and method… created it. We present a map of the terrain of collective leadership (CL) that builds on earlier frameworks, … of two axes or dimensions. The first axis, the ‘locus of leadership,’ captures how scholars conceptualize where to look for manifestations of leadership. That is, does the leadership reside in the group …
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Policy Areas… General’s Office; Lorelei Salas, Open Society Foundations Leadership in Government Fellow; Hillary Schwab, Fair Work, …
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A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New Territory… as well as to practitioners on the frontline of leadership development in communities. Ospina discussed the … her colleagues are undertaking for the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World program and shared with the … are working with social change leaders to understand how leadership emerges and develops in community-based …
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Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)… Personalized coaching and leadership development are key components of the year-one EMPA experience. We empower students through leadership coaching, targeted leadership development courses, and a co-curricular series … designed to strengthen your capabilities in personal leadership development, financial management, leading teams …
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Social Change Leadership as Relational Leadership.… Social Change Leadership as Relational Leadership. …
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Publications - ICISJournal Articles and Published Proceedings Papers R. Zimmerman, Q. Zhu and C. Dimitri (2016) “Promoting Resilience for Food, Energy and Water Interdependencies,” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences , Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2016, pp. 50-61. Published …
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Sensegiving and the Role of Cognitive Shifts In the Work of Leadership… in that work -- is critical to the work of organizational leadership. We propose the cognitive shift, a change in how … leaders' behaviors and characteristics to the work of leadership, as opposed to the agents through which it is … providing a systematic way to analyze and map cognitive leadership processes. …
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Scholars Gather to Explore Methodological Challenges of Collective Leadership Research… The Third Annual Collective Leadership Network Research Workshop took place at NYU Wagner … 1. It was hosted by NYU Wagner, home of the Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net), which is an international … students interested in better understanding collective leadership and helping it gain traction as a force for …
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Scholars Gather to Explore the Methodological Challenges of Collective Leadership Research… The Third Annual Collective Leadership Network Research Workshop took place at NYU Wagner … 1. It was hosted by NYU Wagner, home of the Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net), which is an international … students interested in better understanding collective leadership and helping it gain traction as a force for …
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Professor Ospina Presents Innovative Leadership Approach at International Workshop… Ospina presented a co-authored paper at an international leadership workshop held in Barcelona. The workshop brought … to goal-directed networks and how they can improve leadership practice at large. Goal-directed networks are … In the presentation, she proposed a different approach to leadership in the context of network research. She urged …
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Appreciative Narratives as Leadership Research: Matching Method to Lens… of appreciative inquiry for doing empirical work on leadership. We use a framework that matches a constructionist … and participative stance, a focus on the work of leadership (as opposed to leaders), and multiple methods of … particular framework is helping us see how social change leadership work reframes the value that the larger society …
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Crisis Leadership in Barbados During the Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic… perspective to the broader discussion of disaster leadership by examining the crisis leadership attributes of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia … of the COVID-19 pandemic. We reviewed frameworks of crisis leadership in the literature on emergency management and used …
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The Opportunity of Transition: Executive Leadership Services as a Framework for Change… communities. Among their offerings, they provide Executive Leadership Services to guide organizations through periods of … an evaluation looking at both the academic perspective on leadership transition and the impact of the Support Center's … will also highlight the overall benefits of Executive Leadership Services to the nonprofit sector. …
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High Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives… today and recommending changes in its organization, leadership, and operations. This book suggests practical ways … High Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives …
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Rae ZimmermanRae Zimmerman is Research Professor and Professor Emerita of Planning and Public Administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Prior to that she was on the full-time faculty as Professor of Planning and Public …
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Leadership in Healthcare: Essential Values and Skills (Chapter 20: Inclusive Leadership)… Leadership in Healthcare: Essential Values and Skills (Chapter 20: Inclusive Leadership) …
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Co-Producing Knowledge: Practitioners and Scholars Working Together to Understand Leadership.… Service at New York University are partners in a new leadership awards program called Leadership for a Changing World (LCW). The goal of this … is to recognize and better understand social change leadership in American communities. As the research and … Practitioners and Scholars Working Together to Understand Leadership. …
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UPADM-GP.254
Multi-Faith Leadership in the 21st Century… Multi-Faith Leadership in the 21st Century …Stories
A Research Agenda on Collective Leadership and Social Change… Professor Sonia Ospina discusses her research on collective leadership, exploring the ways communities try to make social … A Research Agenda on Collective Leadership and Social Change …