21st Century Leadership in Times of Global Change and Organizational Trauma

Author(s):  
Valerie Ford ◽  
Jennifer Farmer ◽  
Lynda Byrd-Poller

This chapter explores 21st century leadership practices found in the theories of complexity and adaptive leadership as a path to addressing uncertainty, volatility, and complexity in an increasingly interconnected global world. In this exploratory chapter, the authors discuss the notion of leaders versus leadership and argue that leadership is a process that people do and not a role. The authors also assert that complexity and adaptability are key in addressing trauma that results from change that occurs inside and outside the organization.

Author(s):  
Wei-Ying Lim ◽  
David Hung ◽  
Horn-Mun Cheah

We are entering into a milieu which makes the global world look much smaller because of digital communications and technologies. More recently, there has also been a coming together of participants from the media world such as those in cinema and animation with those from the technology sectors. This partnership forms what we now know as interactive and digital media (or IDM). In this chapter, the authors aim to articulate the importance of IDM literacies in relation to the 21st century. They attempt to clarify the distinctions between ICT (information and communications technology) and IDM, and from their analysis, they propose a matrix integrating both.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn M. Lavallee ◽  
Jennifer L. Soong ◽  
M. Francesca Cotrufo

Author(s):  
Eleanor Drago-Severson ◽  
Jessica Blum-DeStefano

Purpose This article highlights key elements of a developmental approach to leadership development and their promising connections to mid-21st-century capacities. Methods To do so, the authors draw from more than three decades of mixed-methods and qualitative research, as well as insights from their teaching and consulting with leaders of all kinds about adult development. Findings Specifically, four critical strategies are highlighted for enhancing collaboration that can help build internal capacity in schools and organizations. Value This research shows that building internal capacity in this way can help prepare leaders – and those in their schools and communities – for the complexities and opportunities of mid-21st-century leadership and learning.


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