Leadership Education and Otherism

Location

Littlefoot B Room 124B

Start Date

22-4-2023 2:25 PM

End Date

22-4-2023 3:40 PM

Publication Date

2023

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Law | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Othering is often an overlooked ethical and theoretical issue in the field of Leadership Studies. The need for greater inclusion in our organizations and in our communities is more important than ever given the structural disparities in access to health care and education, in criminal justice sentencing, and in fulfillment of leadership roles themselves. People in positions of power have a responsibility to understand othering processes and their impacts in organizations (Palfreyman, 2005). Leadership education can help to form leaders who are more aware of the importance of the quality of their relationships with the Other, grounded in values of equity and justice, and explicitly integrate otherness into leadership curriculum. In this presention leadership theory is briefly reviewed, focusing on leadership as a relational construct with consequences for forming in-groups and out-groups and define othering and Otherism. To conclude, an example of class using an Otherism approach in leadership education is provided, arguing that the process of how we name the Other, how we treat them, and the purpose or essence of othering is essential to leadership education.

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Session Title

Leadership, Othering, and Discrimination

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Apr 22nd, 2:25 PM Apr 22nd, 3:40 PM

Leadership Education and Otherism

Littlefoot B Room 124B

Othering is often an overlooked ethical and theoretical issue in the field of Leadership Studies. The need for greater inclusion in our organizations and in our communities is more important than ever given the structural disparities in access to health care and education, in criminal justice sentencing, and in fulfillment of leadership roles themselves. People in positions of power have a responsibility to understand othering processes and their impacts in organizations (Palfreyman, 2005). Leadership education can help to form leaders who are more aware of the importance of the quality of their relationships with the Other, grounded in values of equity and justice, and explicitly integrate otherness into leadership curriculum. In this presention leadership theory is briefly reviewed, focusing on leadership as a relational construct with consequences for forming in-groups and out-groups and define othering and Otherism. To conclude, an example of class using an Otherism approach in leadership education is provided, arguing that the process of how we name the Other, how we treat them, and the purpose or essence of othering is essential to leadership education.