In reading the mission statements of many institutions of higher learning, whether brick and mortar or online, one will generally find a reference to “leadership.” I guess that producing leaders is an expected outcome of the educational process, or so I have been told. I just have to wonder how institutions define leadership and how integrated a model it is.
The best model I have seen is the MIT Sloan one which describes four core capabilities needed for effective leadership: sensemaking – the ability to make sense of ambiguous situations; relating – developing key relationships within and across organizations; visioning – creating compelling images of the future; and inventing – turning visions into reality.
Wouldn’t it be revolutionary if some facsimile of these four core capabilities were consistently integrated into a learning process?