global webinar: transformative leadership and role of higher education
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What is transformative leadership?
Transformative leadership is about making or influencing positive change and addressing inequity
Transformative leaders see a problem and ask themselves ‘what can I do?’ to solve it.’
Top five competencies: effective communication, empathy, introspection, clear vision and integrity
4Source: Women’s Transformative Leadership In Africa, The MasterCard Foundation
Goals of leadership
TransactionalLeadership
TransformationalLeadership
Transformative Leadership
Agreement;mutual goaladvancement
Organizational change;effectiveness
Deep & equitable change; social conditions
5Source: Shields, C. M. (2010) Transformative Leadership: Working for Equity in Diverse Contexts
Universities as crucibles of transformative leadership
Crucibles are the points at which leaders were forced to question who they were and what was important to them (Bennis & Thomas)
Crucible experiences can be thought of as a kind of superconcentrated form of leadership development (Thomas)
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Poll#1
Agree or Disagree:
“Universities are effective in developing future transformative leaders?”
Agree 47%
Strongly Agree 6%
Disagree 31%
Strongly Disagree 4%
Other/Don't know/Can't say 12%
Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.
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Dame Barbara Stocking
President , Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Previously Chief Executive, Oxfam GB
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@MECCambridge@Cambridge_Uni
Campaigning alongside Constance from Uganda on Climate Change action in 2010. Transformational leaders have to believe and do what they say.
Fred Swaniker
Founder
African Leadership Academy
African Leadership University
Mauritius
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@FredSwaniker@ALAcademy@ALU_education
Lucia Lebasha
MasterCard Foundation Scholar
EARTH University
Founder, Save The Pastoralist Initiative
Costa Rica
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@LLebasha@EARTH_Uni@stpi_int
Poll#2
What is the biggest challenge for universities in developing future transformative leaders? (beyond funding)
Not an institutional priority 44%
Inertia to change 25%
Lack of curriculum models 20%
Lack of awareness 9%
Other/Don't know/Can't say 3%
Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.
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What is the one piece of advice you would give to a university planning to infuse transformative leadership in its curriculum?
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Poll#3
What is the biggest opportunity for universities in developing future transformative leaders?
Reforming curriculum 42%
Building innovative partnerships 35%
Developing best practices 14%
Sharing success stories 7%
Other/Don't know/Can't say 2%
Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.
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Additional questions from registrants
Are their core features of transformative leadership or does it look very different in different cultural and political contexts?
How can we move beyond the paradigm of the heroic, singular transformational leader to leadership as a collaborative practice?
What metrics and tools are available to assess how an individual is transformed, and the broader impact they are having on society?
Are there already curricula or structured experiences with transformative leadership programs?
Are there international differences in the capacity for transformative leadership of HEIs, and what do you think are the reasons?
Are university leaders still in control of setting their core mission?
Campus experiences (co-curricular, extra-curricular) have been useful for developing our students' leadership skills. How can we make academic programs also useful in that regard?
Higher education is hierarchical and resistant to change. How can a leader implement change?
Does the change start with the institution or with policy makers? Can change happen without policy changes?
How can higher education accommodate students who come from an educational system that does not teach critical thinking, creativity, or risk-taking?
How can we create a new breed of African Leaders from the Universities when leadership programs are not part of the African Universities curricula?
How do you lead transformation when you have limited resources (financial and human resource)?
In the era of 'post-truth' and 'alternative facts', what do universities need to do differently in order to have a stronger transformative influence beyond their own immediate community?
What is the best way to integrate the current gender dynamics, in Africa, to higher education discourses on transformative leadership?
Do university administrators and academics have to model the change we would like to see in our students and societies? 21