Leadership Of Others Research Articles

DARING TO LEAD WITH HOPE: ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS NOVEMBER 3, 2002

Current relational crises in the global village and the damaging treatment of Mother Earth challenge religious educators to be leaders who will not shrink back from the responsibility of helping to create a better world. There is an intensifying call for these educators to carry out vocations that contribute to a sustainable communal and earth environment in which peace, love, justice, reconciliation, and the care of the environment reside. Religious educators are called on to dare to lead in ways that also kindle similar leadership in others. This address invites religious educators into a self-reflection process on their identity and vocation and proposes practices of hopefilled leadership that center on a quest for a better world.

Teacher Leadership in Professional Development Schools: Emerging Conceptions, Identities, and Practices

This is a study of emerging teacher leadership in professional development schools. Twelve teachers describe how they reconceptualized leadership as they gained new experiences, confidence, and shifted their identities as teachers by working with colleagues within the school and in the university. These emerging leaders assumed responsibilities for school change and evoked leadership in others. They learned that engaging and persuading people in their schools to move toward change went beyond simply getting the job done. The findings reframe traditional notions of leadership from role and authority dependent to reciprocal, purposeful learning among adults in community. These new conceptions enabled participants to develop approaches whereby power, authority, responsibility, and resources can be redistributed in classrooms, schools, districts, and social organizations.

Experiences, Events, People

Nurse executives play a key role in healthcare organizations. This study asked nurse executives whether there were particular experiences, events, or persons that influenced their leadership style. The answers to this question provide guidance for nurses who aspire to this role. Nurse administrators, leaders, and educators are in pivotal positions to influence the development of leadership in others.