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Scope of the discussion

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Transformative Leadership

Higher Education

Social Change

What is transformative leadership?

Transformative leadership is about making or influencing positive change and addressing inequity

Transformative leaders see a problem and ask themselves ‘what can I do?’ to solve it.’

Top five competencies: effective communication, empathy, introspection, clear vision and integrity

4Source: Women’s Transformative Leadership In Africa, The MasterCard Foundation

Goals of leadership

TransactionalLeadership

TransformationalLeadership

Transformative Leadership

Agreement;mutual goaladvancement

Organizational change;effectiveness

Deep & equitable change; social conditions

5Source: Shields, C. M. (2010) Transformative Leadership: Working for Equity in Diverse Contexts

Universities as crucibles of transformative leadership

Crucibles are the points at which leaders were forced to question who they were and what was important to them (Bennis & Thomas)

Crucible experiences can be thought of as a kind of superconcentrated form of leadership development (Thomas)

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Poll#1

Agree or Disagree:

“Universities are effective in developing future transformative leaders?”

Agree 47%

Strongly Agree 6%

Disagree 31%

Strongly Disagree 4%

Other/Don't know/Can't say 12%

Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.

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Dame Barbara Stocking

President , Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge

Previously Chief Executive, Oxfam GB

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@MECCambridge@Cambridge_Uni

Campaigning alongside Constance from Uganda on Climate Change action in 2010. Transformational leaders have to believe and do what they say.

Fred Swaniker

Founder

African Leadership Academy

African Leadership University

Mauritius

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@FredSwaniker@ALAcademy@ALU_education

Patrick Awuah

Founder & President

Ashesi University

Ghana

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@PatrickAwuahJr@Ashesi

Lucia Lebasha

MasterCard Foundation Scholar

EARTH University

Founder, Save The Pastoralist Initiative

Costa Rica

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@LLebasha@EARTH_Uni@stpi_int

Poll#2

What is the biggest challenge for universities in developing future transformative leaders? (beyond funding)

Not an institutional priority 44%

Inertia to change 25%

Lack of curriculum models 20%

Lack of awareness 9%

Other/Don't know/Can't say 3%

Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.

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What are the key challenges in developing future transformative leaders?

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What are the most promising practices of fostering transformative leadership?

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What innovative partnerships have been successful in developing transformative leaders?

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What are some of the examples of curricula and structured experiences?

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How do we measure and assess the impact on individuals, universities and societies?

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What is the one piece of advice you would give to a university planning to infuse transformative leadership in its curriculum?

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Poll#3

What is the biggest opportunity for universities in developing future transformative leaders?

Reforming curriculum 42%

Building innovative partnerships 35%

Developing best practices 14%

Sharing success stories 7%

Other/Don't know/Can't say 2%

Responses are based on the live audience poll conducted during the webinar.

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Additional questions from registrants

Are their core features of transformative leadership or does it look very different in different cultural and political contexts?

How can we move beyond the paradigm of the heroic, singular transformational leader to leadership as a collaborative practice?

What metrics and tools are available to assess how an individual is transformed, and the broader impact they are having on society?

Are there already curricula or structured experiences with transformative leadership programs?

Are there international differences in the capacity for transformative leadership of HEIs, and what do you think are the reasons?

Are university leaders still in control of setting their core mission?

Campus experiences (co-curricular, extra-curricular) have been useful for developing our students' leadership skills. How can we make academic programs also useful in that regard?

Higher education is hierarchical and resistant to change. How can a leader implement change?

Does the change start with the institution or with policy makers? Can change happen without policy changes?

How can higher education accommodate students who come from an educational system that does not teach critical thinking, creativity, or risk-taking?

How can we create a new breed of African Leaders from the Universities when leadership programs are not part of the African Universities curricula?

How do you lead transformation when you have limited resources (financial and human resource)?

In the era of 'post-truth' and 'alternative facts', what do universities need to do differently in order to have a stronger transformative influence beyond their own immediate community?

What is the best way to integrate the current gender dynamics, in Africa, to higher education discourses on transformative leadership?

Do university administrators and academics have to model the change we would like to see in our students and societies? 21

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