Doctoral Program In Leadership Studies Conceptual Framework

Program Mission Leadership is based on a deep understanding of the self and of the core values that drive one’s actions. Leadership requires the development of a personal vision that engages others by offering meaning, dignity, and purpose. Leadership is to build more humane relationships, organizations, and societies. Leaders are to develop critical imagination to embrace individual, organizational, and global change from a stance of hope and courage.

a mature concern for others respect for human individuality The Jesuit Tradition self-knowledge self-acceptance a restless curiosity a desire for truth a mature concern for others respect for human individuality a thirst for justice

The Doctoral Program centers on : The leader as person The leader in organizational systems, and The leader in global systems.

Four Dimensions of Leadership Studies Research Personal Systems Organizational Systems Global, Social Systems

Four Dimensions of Leadership Studies Research Personal Systems Organizational Systems Global, Social Systems

Personal Leadership Identity Reflective Practices Integrity Transcendence

Identity THE WHO OF LEADERSHIP THE WHO OF LEADERSHIP Identity is a moving intersection of inner and outer forces that make me who I am, converging in the irreducible mystery of being human. Parker Palmer 2000 THE WHO OF LEADERSHIP

Reflective Practices THE IMMANENT LEADER THE IMMANENT LEADER Entering into life with diminished awareness and understanding of our own mind and how it Influences our perceptions and our actions limits our perceptions on what it means to be a person. Kabat-Zin (1994) Knowing our inner life becomes critical, for who we are we take into our leadership, whether we do so blindly or mindfully. THE IMMANENT LEADER

Integrity THE EXISTENTIAL LEADER THE EXISTENTIAL LEADER By our own acts we make ourselves what we are to be, and we do so freely and responsibly; Indeed we do so precisely because our acts are the free and responsible expressions of ourselves. Bernard Lonergan (1968) THE EXISTENTIAL LEADER What we say and do, our very own acts, make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of others.

Transcendence THE EMERGING LEADER THE EMERGING LEADER You knock at the door of reality, shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders and open (Rumi, 1997) THE EMERGING LEADER

Four Dimensions of Leadership Studies Research Personal Systems Organizational Systems Global, Social Systems

The Leader in Organizations Leaders lead within a context Organizations are living systems Created by people

Machine Repair or Meaning Making?

Appreciative Inquiry Centers of human relatedness Positive core

Problems vs. Messes Absolve Resolve Solve Dissolve (Ackoff, 1999)

Transformation Change the organization’s thinking Be open to strange new assumptions

Appreciative Organizational Leadership Focus on strengths Generate positive alternatives Lift every voice Homes of infinite possibilities

Four Dimensions of Leadership Studies Research Personal Systems Organizational Systems Global, Social Systems