Leadership Competencies for a Future-Oriented Leader
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Leadership Competencies for a Future-Oriented Leader A. Dharmasasmita1, P. Molthan-Hill2, R. Smith3 and N. Valero-Silva3 1 Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK 2 Nottingham Business School/NTU Green Academy, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK 3 Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
Synonyms Competencies; Educational effectiveness; Ethical leadership; Responsible leadership; Transformational leadership
Definitions In order to address the many challenges to sustainability faced by graduates when they enter the workforce, students need to learn the most appropriate competencies that will enable each to become a future-oriented leader. For them to be able to address the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), contemporary issues must be tackled urgently. This entry examines different existing leadership theories and their competencies, amalgamating relevant ones to develop a framework that can be used at any level of education, in any
discipline of study (for Further and Higher Education), and in any mode of study. Achieving this will help educational institutions to encourage their students’ future-oriented leadership competencies. A competency can be defined as “a capability or ability. . .a set of related but different sets of behaviour organized around an underlying construct. . .called intent” (Boyatzis 2008: 6). This paper synthesizes insights from different traditions regarding the relevant competencies by summarizing contemporary literature on Responsible Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). At the end of this entry, these various traditional theories will be summarized into a new comprehensive framework of “educational effectiveness,” enabling graduates to be future leaders who can play their roles effectively, be leaders who support core human values of justice, empathy, humanity, and care for the environment. This framework can also enable business schools and other disciplines to assess their current curricula, thus working toward developing leaders of tomorrow competent in addressing the SDGs.
Introduction The United Nations’ 2016 blueprint of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has, increasingly, become the focus to address for economies and leaders regardless of industry sector. Henceforth,
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there is a legitimacy and urgency for potential graduates, who can become potential employees and leaders regardless of their subject of study, to be equipped with the tools to enable them to address these SDGs via the sectors they are in, thus having an alternative to the status quo in “business performance and management.” For that to become a reality, education sectors are at the forefront in providing this facilitation for their student
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