What
Artful Leadership aims to create innovative digital learning resources about Servant Leadership, supported by arts-based learning methods and deployed through different methods and techniques (e.g. digital storytelling, visual art, design thinking, etc.).
These digital learning resources can be easily implemented in formal and non-formal education settings.
These digital learning resources can be easily implemented in formal and non-formal education settings.
Why
The world is in turmoil.
Globalization, technology, profound demographic changes, financial crisis, ethic dilemmas lead us to question the validity of our educational and management paradigms. The new generations arriving to the workforce have different expectations and demand for more ethical, people-centered management.
The future leaders are growing up in the digital era - socially, politically and economically - and face a profound social, financial and economic crisis. These future leaders have a need for purpose, meaning and connection and they will be working in organizations also shaped by the globalization of knowledge, markets and customers and the information and communication technology.
People management and leadership will be key leverages for Europe to cope with the global context, and to assert a strategic role within a knowledge based economy and the potential innovation space. Research has been showing that the traditional management and leadership paradigms are no longer answering the current challenges that organizations are facing and are not being able to answer the expectations and needs of the new generations.
Globalization, technology, profound demographic changes, financial crisis, ethic dilemmas lead us to question the validity of our educational and management paradigms. The new generations arriving to the workforce have different expectations and demand for more ethical, people-centered management.
The future leaders are growing up in the digital era - socially, politically and economically - and face a profound social, financial and economic crisis. These future leaders have a need for purpose, meaning and connection and they will be working in organizations also shaped by the globalization of knowledge, markets and customers and the information and communication technology.
People management and leadership will be key leverages for Europe to cope with the global context, and to assert a strategic role within a knowledge based economy and the potential innovation space. Research has been showing that the traditional management and leadership paradigms are no longer answering the current challenges that organizations are facing and are not being able to answer the expectations and needs of the new generations.
How to lead the 21st century workforce?
In short, servant leadership is demonstrated through empowerment and the development of people; by expressing humility, authenticity, interpersonal acceptance, and stewardship; and by providing direction.
“With such changes have come new priorities and responsibilities and it is in this environment that the theory of servant leadership has flourished as a management style for the redefined business world of today, one that can serve as a cornerstone for organisations wishing to build corporate structures based on stewardship, empowerment and trust.”
Dirk van Dierendonck, RSM Insight 3rd Quarter, 2011
Dirk van Dierendonck, RSM Insight 3rd Quarter, 2011
The servant leadership impacts on 3 key elements:
The servant leadership impacts on 3 key elements:
In order to deploy new learning contents and training activities about a new leadership paradigm, one must be also prepared to answer to the learning challenges posed by a generation of active learners, digital natives and graphically/visually oriented.
The relevance of concepts such as web based, open access, collaboration and creativity for the success of any learning activity designed for the new generations at work is critical.
There is growing recognition that a more creative and innovative work and learning environment is necessary for organisations in the global economy. There is also growing recognition of the benefits from an alliance between the arts, business, and individual leadership and management staff development. It is significant that Darsø & Dawids (2002) initially identified behaviours and competencies that reflect improved performance benefits from arts-based learning. Such benefits are identified not as quick fixes but as significant organisational and human behavioural changes (Darsø, Lotte, 2004).
Arts-based learning is defined as “a wide range of approaches by which management educators and leadership/organization development practitioners are instrumentally using the arts as a pedagogical means to contribute to the learning and development of individual organization managers and leaders, as well as contributing to organizational learning and development” (Nissley,N. 2010)
Arts-based learning is intended to develop artful ways of working, knowing and perceiving and involves creative skills, capacities and capabilities that incorporate reflection, awareness, imagination, collaboration and adaptability (Darsø, 2004; Gibb, 2006; Turner, 2006).
How
The project consortium has developed a wide set of activities, from research to the development of digital learning resources, open to the participation of leaders and leaders-to-be and private and public organisations with interest for the topic.
Who
Artful Leadership is promoted by a set of 6 European organisations from 4 countries and it has the support of the Erasmus+ programme.