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Leadership and Paradox: The Role of Servant-Leadership in Recognizing, Accepting, and Responding to Paradox
Get PDFAs much as we would like to live in a world that is logical, straightforward, and simple, this is not the world in which we live. The world we inhabit is full of inconsistency, irony, and paradox. Improvement requires change, but the security needed to navigate change is rooted in stability. Diversity is both a powerful force for creativity and community and a source of tremendous myopia and conflict. We engage in in-depth strategic planning knowing that much of what we do to navigate our world once our plans are set involves deviating from those plans; and yet, the existence of a plan makes deviation more effective. Organizational efficiency and environmental sustainability seem ever at odds; however, they are fundamentally both focused on the same thing: minimal waste of resources. In short, paradox is everywhere. To navigate the challenges and paradoxes we encounter in the world around us, we tend to look to leaders. Leaders help us navigate the paradoxical world we live in and move forward to achieve our goals. For centuries, it seems they have been doing so, even if it has been with mixed results. However, as our world becomes increasingly complex and paradoxical, it is likely that our approaches to practicing leadership and developing leaders will need to embrace and reflect the paradoxes that surround us. This can likely only be achieved as leaders embrace an understanding of the nature of paradox and engage in paradoxical leadership practices like those embodied in the concept of servant- leadership
First Lady of the United States and the World: A Case Study of Eleanor Roosevelt\u27s Servant-Leadership
Get PDFEleanor Roosevelt was one of the most dynamic social advocates of the 20th century. Her formative youth was spent in an era of austere social conventions in which women were considered to be slightly above property and whose conventional role was to be a mother and take care of the household. Roosevelt defied the stereotypes of her day. Despite her financially privileged upbringing, she saw many injustices of society and chose to serve others to help ease their suffering. She was the longest serving First Lady of the United States during some of the United States’ darkest times: The Great Depression and World War II and was the vocal conscience of The New Deal. After the death of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she continued to serve others as a leader, both domestically and internationally, by advocating for human rights and world peace. Roosevelt experienced challenges to her servant-leadership throughout her life, primarily the dominant patriarchal society of her historical period (Tabors, 2018). She broke stereotypes to become a major influence, not only at a time when many would not consider an American First Lady as a “leader,” but throughout the twentieth century. She proved that women were just as capable as men. Greenleaf’s (2015) theory of servant-leadership, is comprised of ten characteristics which include listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community. The major difference between a leader and a servant-leader is that the servant-leader serves first and leads second, putting the highest priority on people and others’ needs being met (Greenleaf, 2015). Russell (2001) continues Greenleaf’s theory that leadership is based on values and specifically servant-leader is based upon the value of trust, appreciation of others, and empowerment. Individuals are not born servant-leaders, but cultivated through their experiences and being taught what being a servant-leader entails. Although four characteristics identified by Greenleaf (2002, 2015) and Spears (2010): healing, building community, awareness, and a commitment to the growth of others are addressed in this article, Roosevelt also embodied others: she was persuasive; she listened deeply; and she demonstrated empathy often. Roosevelt may have demonstrated many, if not all, of Greenleaf’s servant-leader characteristics. This article, however, will focus on healing, building community, awareness, and a commitment to the growth of others which allowed her to make a difference in many people’s lives (Beasley, 2010; Glendon, 2001; O’Farrell, 2010)
Beyond A Dance: The Resonance Of Ugie Ekaba As God\u27s Conduit To Play With Humans
Get PDFScholars map Benin’s (City, kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria) historical contours with its monarchy and royal arts as the subject of rich literature (Paula, G. Ben-Amos 1999, 178; Okpewho, Isidore 1998). Yet, the trajectory to advance Benin’s cultural history and arts is at the expense of the less acknowledged, under-represented, and under-studied aspect of the Benin people who live beyond the capital. This scholarly neglect does not promote the understanding and appreciation of the people’s religious tradition. Fascinatingly, these people constitute and share in the (city) kingdom’s language (dialect), culture, and religion. This qualitative research is interdisciplinary and primarily descriptive, exploring and evaluating Ekaba as the people’s important genus. The study argues that the full range of the complex Ekaba is the conduit by which Osanobua (the creator God) initiates, establishes, and advances a relationship with humans (Idumwonyi and Ikhidero 2013. 123-35). This study examines Ekaba’s concept, origin, practices, and how it migrated beyond Urhonigbe. It concludes by articulating its utility and advancing a proposal for future studies to explore how this enigmatic heritage is recently reconfigured
Becoming Planetary: From the Personal to the Political
Get PDFWriting at the dawn of the new millennium, Thomas Berry declared that the historical mission of our times, the Great Work, is to reinvent the human at the species level within the Earth community. What does that mean twenty years later as we face intensifying climate disruption, political polarization, and a pandemic - all of which press us to grow our capacities for psychological and social resilience. Reinventing the human encompasses not only our cognitive minds but also our emotions, our senses, and our very experience of life itself. Join Professor Karen Litfin, a pioneer in the rapidly growing field of contemplative education, for a thought-provoking and experiential exploration ranging from deep introspection to the visionary pragmatism of planetary politics.
Litfin has been on the faculty of the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington since 1991, and received her Ph.D. in the following year from UCLA. She specializes in global environmental politics, with core interests in green theory, the science/policy interface, and “person/planet politics.” Her books include Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in International Environmental Cooperation (Columbia University Press, 1994) and The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics (MIT Press, 1998)
Counseling Children and Adolescents: A Call to Action
Get PDFThe ACA 2014 Code of Ethics clearly states the mandate for counselor competence in C.2.a. It is noted that “Counselor practice only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their education, training, supervised experience, state and national credentials, and appropriate professional experience” (p. 8). Given the importance of competencies, ethical standards, and the emphasis on best practice, the paucity of these factors in regard to training and supervision for counselors working with child and adolescent populations is concerning. This article offers a conceptualization of the culture of childhood leading to the need for cultural competency. It outlines information specific to counselors working with a child and adolescent population and is a call to action for the field of counseling
Polar Bears and Global Warming: Connecting the Dots to the Rest of Us
Get PDFPolar bears require sea ice for capturing their seal prey. Due to declining summer sea ice, many bears are forced onto land, or they follow the remaining ice as it drifts over deep, unproductive waters. In both cases, polar bears are largely food deprived. I will begin my presentation with some fun facts about polar bears and discussion of polar bear study methods—which always capture audience attention. I’ll then describe how prolonged fasting periods have been linked to reduced body condition, reproduction, and survival in some polar bear populations. I’ll discuss my role in convincing the US Secretary of Interior that continued sea ice loss ultimately threatens polar bear survival Arctic-wide. In response, in 2008, the Secretary made polar bears the first ever species listed under the US Endangered Species Act because of the threat of global warming. In 2020, we followed up on that earlier seminal work showing when reduced ice availability will reach critical limits for polar bears in different parts of their range. I’ll discuss how the new work provided mechanistic underpinnings of our earlier predictions and confirmed that without significant greenhouse gas mitigation, polar bears will largely disappear by the end of this century. Because the melting of the Arctic and disappearance of polar bears may, for many, not seem an urgent matter; I’ll link the plight of the polar bear to changes coming to the rest of us. I’ll discuss projected climate changes in the Inland Northwest and elsewhere in the context of recent observations. I’ll describe how, on our current emissions path, end of century temperatures in the Spokane area will be equivalent to current temperatures in Salt Lake City. I’ll discuss the predictable impacts on our environment, our economy, and our way of life in the Inland Northwest. I’ll close by showing that we can still act in time to save polar bears over much of their current range. If we do, we’ll benefit all life on earth including ourselves. Dr. Steven C. Amstrup is chief scientist for Polar Bears International. He also is an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Before joining PBI, Amstrup was a research wildlife biologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center, Anchorage AK., where he led polar bear research in Alaska for 30 years. He earned a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Washington (1972), a M.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Idaho (1975), and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Management from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1995)
Civil Rights in Times of Uncertainty (The Anthropocene)
Get PDFAlthough there have been significant civil rights gains made in recent decades, the United States is now experiencing a resurgence of many of the societal ills that have plagued the country for decades. From an insurrection that was seemingly inspired by white supremacist ideology to ongoing examples of police brutality against Black people, anti-Asian violence, anti-LGBTQ violence, and recurring islamophobia, the country sits at an apparent crossroads. There is an urgent need to advance a civil rights agenda that addresses the impact of these societal ills on the affected communities. At the same time, however, we are confronting these ills during a point in history that urges us to think both within and beyond our national borders and boundaries.
For many citizens across the globe, similar societal ills exist and are coupled with the challenges presented by our warming planet. Moreover, since the spring of 2020, these dilemmas have been embedded within the throes of an ostensibly unending global pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 virus has, in many ways, exacerbated our societal ills and amplified existing inequalities. For instance, more privileged global populations have priority access to lifesaving vaccines. Meanwhile, the risks presented by climate disruption are also unevenly distributed, with such risks being mitigated more by economic comfort than by geography or preparedness.
As if these challenges were not enough, online disinformation is a growing concern in this era of COVID-19 and climate disruption. The spread of misleading or patently false information about both the pandemic and global warming poses significant threats to alleviating the harms of each. By creating collective uncertainty about the pandemic, climate change, and a host of other societal issues, disinformation undermines public trust in governmental institutions and, in many cases, adversely affects the already frayed relationship these institutions have with vulnerable populations. Moreover, in a world where communication increasingly happens online, digital disinformation challenges the meaning of truth and breathes life into the extremist ideas that often proliferate on social media. Yet attempting to curb the harms of online disinformation implicates concerns over free speech and free association in cyberspace, which in turn implicates broader concerns over digital rights.
Along with climate change, both of these emergent themes—COVID-19 and online disinformation—represent the uncertainty of our changing times and, because they often disproportionately or adversely impact vulnerable populations, pose new challenges for civil rights and democracy. Each of these themes also links two different but interconnected affairs: one that focuses on the civil rights issues of our local and national communities, and the other that focuses on the related wellness of our global neighbors and larger concerns over planetary life.
Connecting local civil rights–based issues to similar global matters is of increasing importance because it coincides with the emergence of the Anthropocene: the “catch-all description of the overwhelming impact of human activity on the planet.” While often viewed through the lens of climate change, the Anthropocene is also a theoretical tool for contesting the deep-rooted political and socioeconomic inequalities of the present. Social scientists have employed this theory to examine such socioeconomic and governmental issues arising from systematic inequalities and injustices on a global scale. This Foreword therefore highlights how recent transnational debates regarding issues presented by COVID-19 and online disinformation implicate broader civil and human rights concerns. It argues that being mindful of these pervasive issues—which affect the local, the global, and the planetary—is paramount to the ethos of civil rights and democracy in the uncertain times of the Anthropocene. As the Articles in this Colloquium reveal, promoting civil rights at home is an ongoing, multi-dimensional project. This Foreword advocates a broader view of that project as encompassing the range of issues that define our current struggle with planetary and global justice
Ekpen-n\u27owa: Conceptualizing the Human-Animal Relationship in the Benin Peoples\u27 Worldview
Get PDFAnimals are prominently ubiquitous in the Benin peoples\u27 cosmologies. These philosophies associate animals with the transformation of the primordial chaos into a livable world, human beings, and the supernatural. In this context, specific animals are used in religious rituals to express the concepts of authority, supremacy, and nobility. Metaphorically speaking, the Oba (monarch) who rules over other monarchs is an Ekpen (leopard). Ekpen is an integral part of Benin\u27s worldview and recurrently compares the Oba (ekpen-n\u27owa, the house-leopard personified) with the ekpenn\u27oha (wild leopard). Yet, studies in African Religion undermine the symbolic representation of the Oba as ekpen-n\u27owa. This article explores the place of animals in Benin\u27s worldview and its tripartite composition: animals, humans, and the supernatural. It analyzes the meaningful status of ekpen-n\u27owa vis-à-vis the ekpen-n\u27oha. It theorizes that ekpen signifies the Oba\u27s dread and concludes with the potential reasoning behind the Oba\u27s signification as a living deity