Journal Article
Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations
O. Care; M. J. Bernstein; M. Chapman; I. Diaz Reviriego; G. Dressler; M. R. Felipe-Lucia; C. Friis; S. Graham; H. Hänke; L. J. Haider; M. Hernández-Morcillo; H. Hoffmann; M. Kernecker; P. Nicol; C. Piñeiro; H. Pitt; C. Schill; V. Seufert; K. Shu; V. Valencia; J. G. Zaehringer
Sustainability Science · Vol. 16, Issue 2 · pp. 703-708 · 2021
Abstract
Enduring sustainability challenges requires a new model of collective leadership that embraces critical reflection, inclusivity and care. Leadership collectives can support a move in academia from metrics to merits, from a focus on career to care, and enact a shift from disciplinary to inter- and trans-disciplinary research. Academic organisations need to reorient their training programs, work ethics and reward systems to encourage collective excellence and to allow space for future leaders to develop and enact a radically re-imagined vision of how to lead as a collective with care for people and the planet.