PREPARING COLLEGE STUDENTS & PRACTITIONERS FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE PROFESSION NCARB 2007 Dr. Cynthia Wolf Johnson University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Leadership Literature to Date = Good Management (Rost, 1991, 1993)  Industrial Paradigm - focus on structural and functionalist view of organizations; focus on management; a focus on the leader; dominant objective of goal achievement, self-interested and individualistic outlook, male model of life, materialistic ethical perspective, rational, technocratic, linear, quantitative language and methodology.  Post Industrial Paradigm – focus on collaboration, common good, global concern, civic virtues, freedom of expression, critical dialogue, qualitative language and methodologies, consensus-oriented policy-making process, recognizing influence of culture, importance of relationships

AS ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONALS… Do you utilize an Industrial Paradigm?  Stability  Structure  Control  Talk  Hierarchy  Money & Bottom Line  Divisions of the University  Teaching  Providers  Programs  Learning in the Classroom  Setting limits Do you utilize a Post Industrial Paradigm?  Change/Risk  Order  Chaos  Listening  Web  Values and Vision  Communities of Learning  Learning  Partnerships  Outcomes  Learning everywhere  Setting expectations

Diverse Voices of Leadership (Allen, 1990)  Moral Dimension  Relationship  Focus on Process  Development and Renewal  Drive, Meaning and Vision  Connections  Shared Power  Locations of Leadership  Teachers  Change  Uniqueness of Person  Leadership from Care Perspective

Cultural Influences (Wolf Johnson, 1995)  College students, & professionals, need and express desire for more leadership experiences in multiracial, multiethnic environments.  Need for placing culture (i.e,. cultural worldviews) at the core of one’s thinking and practice of leadership.  Need to focus on leadership as a process involving relationships.  Responsibility of colleges and universities for an integrated approach to leadership development… significant institutional impact.

MODERN DEFINITIONS OF LEADERSHIP ... an influence relationship among leaders and their collaborators who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes. (Rost, 1993) ... a relational process of people together attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common good. (Komives, Lucas & McMahon, 1998)

RELATIONAL MODEL of Leadership INCLUSIVE EMPOWERING PURPOSEFUL ETHICAL PROCESS-ORIENTED (Komives, Lucas & McMahon, 1998)

VALUES of Leadership in Higher Education (Kellogg, 2000)  Social Justice  Equity  Quality of Life  Access and Opportunity  Respect for Difference and Diversity  Strengthen Democracy  Civic Life & Responsibility  Promote Cultural Enrichment  Creative Expression  Intellectual Honesty  Advancement of Knowledge  Personal Freedom and Social Responsibility

Putting it all Together Having the Necessary…. Knowledge Skills Attitudes Values Behaviors for Leadership

“If higher education must assume some of the responsibility for the poor quality of leadership that currently characterizes much of American society, it also has the potential to produce future generations of transformative leaders who will be able to devise more effective solutions to some of our most pressing social problems. The real question is how members of the academic community can collaboratively work together to transform themselves and their institutions with the aim of giving leadership development the priority it deserves.” (Kellogg, 2001)