Sustainable Leadership | Freire Institute

Paulo Freire’s philosophy of education has had a profound impact on people throughout the world working for social change. His work has been applied not only to formal educational settings but to many diverse social movements.

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Sustainable Leadership

Ethical decision-making and sustainability

Developing leadership roles for   long-term, ethical   impact

Leadership is often described in highly individualised terms: vision, charisma, confidence, decisiveness, resilience, and the personal qualities of the person at the top. Such approaches can obscure the fact that leadership is always exercised within relationships, organisations, cultures, systems, and unequal distributions of power. They may also create organisations that become dependent upon particular individuals rather than developing collective capacity. This participatory workshop explores sustainable leadership as a relational, ethical, and long-term practice . Drawing upon Paulo Freire’s emphasis on dialogue, shared agency, critical consciousness, and praxis, participants will...

What might leadership become if its success were measured not by how indispensable the leader appears, but by the capacity, agency, resilience, and responsibility that leadership helps to develop in others?

Sustainability is considered in several connected senses. Leadership should support the long-term purpose and resilience of an organisation without exhausting the people who sustain it. It should consider the social and ethical consequences of decisions, the quality of relationships and working cultures, succession and leadership development, responsible use of resources, and the wider environmental implications of organisational activity. Participants will examine power, authority, decision-making, organisational culture, well-being, accountability, sustainability, and leadership development. They will also consider the difficult balance between participation and responsibility:...

What you learn

Analyse and critically compare individualised and relational approaches to leadership, examining their assumptions about authority, responsibility, agency and organizational effectiveness.
Analyse how power, organizational culture and decision-making structures shape participation and accountability, and evaluate approaches to distributing authority and responsibility appropriately.
Evaluate leadership decisions and practices in relation to their longer-term effects on well-being, organizational capability, resilience, social and ethical responsibilities, and environmental sustainability.
Develop and justify a contextually grounded leadership intervention that strengthens shared agency, leadership capacity and succession while incorporating reflection, feedback and continuing adaptation.

Availability

For organizations: This workshop is available in virtual, in-person, or hybrid formats to meet diverse organizational needs and preferences. We can tailor the focus to your specific institutional context.
For individuals: We will run occasional virtual workshops, and you are encouraged to join the notification list to be informed of upcoming dates.

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Custom workshops for organizations

Duration

You will continue to be registered in the course area for 3 months following the workshop.

Course Certificate

You will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.

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