Open AccessLeader-to-Leader: Reflexive Leadership in the Midst of Covid-19 and Social Unrest
Author(s) -
Ward Ulmer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of social change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1931-1540
DOI - 10.5590/josc.2020.13.1.02
Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , tinker , covid-19 , reflexivity , public relations , political science , unrest , sociology , law , social science , medicine , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , politics , anthropology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A leader is only one person in one position, and one person’s ideas are not a panacea for all social ills. But effective leadership can shift the outcome of an organization to manifest its mission of positive social change considering changes in society. Most people have been exposed to leaders who tinker around the edges and others who call for revolution. Leaders are leaders only because they have capable followers. The truth is that some things are just too big for one individual. And when we happen upon those things, we must stand together, hold each other accountable, and encourage one another.