Beyond Train the Trainer: Aligning Leadership Training with Socially Just Leadership Education

Program Type: General Interest Session

Professional Competencies: Social Justice and Inclusion, Student Learning and Development

Target Groups: Mid-level Student Affairs Professionals, Senior-Level Student Affairs Professional

Institution Types: Large Universities, Mid-Size Colleges & Universities

Certification Domains: Social Justice and Inclusion, Leadership

Abstract

Leadership studies, leadership education, leadership learning, leadership development, leadership identity, leadership efficacy, leadership enactment… There are so many ways to analyze leadership. This session focuses on leadership training. Recent estimates assert that leadership development and training is a $366 billion global industry, with an estimated $166 billion spent within the United States (Westfall, 2019). However, not all leadership training is the same! Come engage with us as we consider and critique leadership training through the lens of socially just leadership education. 

Presenters

• Adrian Bitton
  Doctoral Candidate
  The Ohio State University-Main Campus
• Amy Barnes
  Clinical Associate Professor, The Ohio State University - Main Campus