Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership: Communities Making Social Change from Below… Combining theories of social innovation and collective leadership, this book analyzes how disadvantaged communities have addressed the effects of economic recession … at the community level. Civic capacity and democratic leadership practices emerge as crucial factors to make social …
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Social Change Leadership… Strategies for Sustainable Social Change. Ospina, Sonia. Leadership for Social Change: Contributions for a Contemporary Theory of Leadership as a Social Construction. In Barreda, M. and A. … and Sonia Ospina. 2006. Transforming lives, changing communities: How social justice organizations build and use …
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Social Change Leadership Practices… Erica Gabrielle Foldy, Laurie Goldman and Sonia Ospina. The Leadership Task of Prompting Cognitive Shifts: Shaping … and the role of cognitive shifts in the work of leadership. The Leadership Quarterly 19, : 514-29. … Ospina, … Center, 2004. … Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Learning Communities for Innovation and Impact RCLA and Grantmakers …
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Leadership, Diversity and Race… Foldy, E. G. & Ospina, S. 2015. “ Leadership styles, ethnicity and race. ” Entry for Hou, … and Nationalism. Blackwell. Ospina, S., El Hadidy, W. Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from … dynamics of racially diverse groups, organizations, and communities. In addition, they address efforts to encourage …
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Selected Projects… Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership: Communities and Social Change from Below is a book that came … the economic crisis. Learn more … NYU Wagner’s Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) is an international network …
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Projects… The Collective Leadership Laboratory (Co-Lead Lab) offered Wagner students … for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS) is a unique leadership and career accelerator program for early-career … Learn more … At Leadership in Action at Wagner, we treat communities of practice as sources of leadership knowledge in …
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EMPA Seminar: Leadership Confronted… other graduate course work, with a final exploration of leadership concepts, theory and applied practice. The course … abilities to lead, as a colleague who can support leadership behavior in peers, and as one who can promote leadership behavior in supervisors and subordinates. …
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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 participant-centered … her colleagues are undertaking for the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World program and shared with the …
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Management and Leadership… Management and Leadership is designed to empower you with the skills you … effective and efficient organizations embedded in diverse communities, policy arenas, sectors, and industries. In … motivation, and negotiation. … 1020 … Management and Leadership …
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Leadership Development for Global Health… have been implemented around the world. "Global Health Leadership and Management gives practical suggestions for enhancing and developing the essential skills of leadership, management, communication, and project planning … book will assist health leaders to work well within their communities and effectively plan, direct, implement, and …
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Bridging the Individual and Collective Dimensions of Leadership… Co-Lead Net organizes their second Collective Leadership Research Workshop at NYU Wagner On April 23, NYU … Ospina and Erica Foldy launched the second Collective Leadership Research Workshop , a three-day workshop titled … Bridging the individual and collective dimensions of leadership . In partnership with the NYU Leadership …
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Leadership People… At Leadership in Action at Wagner, a diverse group of faculty, … students, and scholars are committed to understanding leadership as a critical dimension of successful public service work. Our leadership faculty and staff come from diverse disciplinary …
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Leadership Development… Scholars and researchers at Leadership in Action at Wagner collaborate with leaders in … agencies in designing and facilitating one-of-a-kind leadership development and capacity-building programs. Such … and organizations looking to integrate effective leadership practices into their work. These approaches enable …
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Leadership Partners… Leadership in Action at Wagner has engaged in partnership … Center for Applied Research Center for Creative LeadershipCommunities in Schools Edna McConnell Clark …
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Leadership in Action at Wagner… Leadership in Action at Wagner is a virtual space that … NYU Wagner who study, mobilize, and develop effective leadership in public service. By providing public access to … resource for leaders in governments, nonprofits, and communities. At Leadership in Action at Wagner, a diverse …
Collective Leadership Network… NYU Wagner’s Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) is an international network … students interested in better understanding collective leadership and to helping it gain traction as a force for … Net aims to: Create knowledge that makes collective leadership possible; Foster academic and practitioner-based …
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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 … the larger society attributes to members of vulnerable communities. … Schall, E., Ospina, S., Godsoe, B. & Dodge, J. …
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Approach to Leadership Development… Leadership in Action at Wagner creates collaborative learning … and better equipped to achieve their goals. Our leadership development offerings include: Program Design & Enhancement. We help organizations develop leadership programs to meet the needs of stakeholders and …
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Keystone Fellowship on Leadership Selects 18 Fellows… of New York, the COJECO Keystone Fellowship is a new leadership development program grounded in a partnership … institutional governance, fiduciary responsibilities, and leadership learning. The year-long Keystone Fellowship will … Marilyn Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership , and Co-Director of the Dual Degree Program in …
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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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The Opportunity of Transition: Executive Leadership Services as a Framework for Change… nonprofit organizations to better serve their clients and 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 …
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Supporting Networks and Communities of Practice… Communities of practice are groups of practitioners who … learning together as they pursue their individual work. At Leadership in Action at Wagner, we treat communities of practice as sources of leadership knowledge in which groups of peers can acquire …
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About Leadership in Action at Wagner… "heroic" conceptions of leaders to instead recognize leadership that enables people to work across sectors and boundaries to find common solutions. Our approach to leadership understands that people from all sectors and … in their leadership. We aim to strengthen organizations, communities, and democracy by deepening and diversifying the …