Full Description
This book serves as an instructional tool for development of skills related to the organizational leadership of adults. The text offers teaching cases that explicitly partner the leadership and adult development literature bases so readers can work to apply leadership for adult development to real-world scenarios.
Case Studies in Leadership and Adult Development: Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Real World Challenges consists of 19 chapters, organized into three parts. Part I includes four chapters drawn from business and industry leaders' experiences encompassing cases from nonprofit, for-profit, and non-governmental agencies. Part II delves into three chapters that focus on the challenges of leading through crisis, including how the Coronavirus pandemic shapes decision making and impacts leadership in both K - 12 and higher education environments. Part III offers a comprehensive view of education through 12 chapters, four of which are drawn from higher education settings. Part III's balance includes cases from elementary, middle, and secondary schools and district-level leadership.
Written for graduate level courses in adult education, each case focuses on at least one major theory from both the leadership and adult development domains. Including questions for discussion and reflection, the book allows students to explore the linkages between leadership theories and adult development theories within the context of real-world scenarios.
Contents
Foreword by Eugene T. W. Sanders, Ph.D.; Introduction to the Collection; Part I: Business and Nonprofit Leadership for Adult Development; Introduction to Part I ; 1 Adult Development and Nonprofit Board Leadership:The Clash of Self-Authoring Minds ; 2 Helping a Nonprofit CEO Pivot Her Leadership Style; 3 Exploring the Role of Emotion and Perceptions of Risk When "Leading From the Middle"; 4 It's Time for Transformation! Using Transformational Leadership to Support Transformational Learning and Attract Emerging Leaders; Part II: Leadership for Adult Development in Crisis Situations; Introduction to Part II; 5 Responding to School Crises through Compassionate Leadership: A District Leader's Journey with COVID-19; 6 Higher Education Leadership in an Unprecedented and Uncertain Environment: The Case of a Midwestern Private Institution; 7 Dr. Remote Instruction: Time Constraints and Critical Consciousness in Crisis Leadership; Part III: Leadership for Adult Development in School Settings; Introduction to Part III; 8 Activating and Sustaining Motivation for Social Justice Leadership in Secondary Education; 9 Learning Transfer: The Missing Link to Leading the Successful Implementation of Professional Development in Schools; 10 Leading for Transformation? The Decisions of New Coaches Matter; 11 We Can Do This! Transformational Leadership for School Improvement; 12 Because They Are Worth It: Utilizing Servant Leadership to Increase First Generation College Persistence; 13 Using a Feminist Approach to Leadership Education to Promote Coaction Among Women Collegiate Student-Athletes; 14 Visionary and Mission-Minded School Leadership Grounded in Adult Learning Theory; 15 Curriculum and Pedagogy Considerations for Connecting Personal Growth and Leadership Development; 16 Preparing Educators to Lead Professional Learning in P-12 Schools: Applying Research on Leadership Development and Adult Learning; 17 The Gap between Theory and Practice: A Scenario from Higher Education; 18 "I Can't Hear You": Incorporating Developmentally Appropriate Feedback for Adults in Balkor Elementary Charter School; 19 The Sharpie Incident: Coloring in the Lines and School Policing of Black Hair
