KELLY HANNUM CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP TIM LEISMAN RESEARCH CONSULTANT STEPHANIE WALKER IMPACT GREENSBORO PROGRAM, CCL Social Identity and Community Leadership Development (c) 2013 Center for Creative Leadership
Making Social Identity Part of Community Leadership Development
Oct 21, 2014
Shared and effective community leadership can be helped or hindered by our conceptions of and experiences with people from different identity groups. Add to that the reality that our experiences are embedded in larger social identity structures and dynamics within communities that in many cases are reinforcing negative patterns. So how can social identity best be raised and addressed in community leadership development programs? How can ideas about social identity expand our thinking about community and about leadership? We are on a journey to develop a curriculum that can serve as a resource to community leaders (and by leaders we mean everyone contributing to leadership, not just those with a formal leadership role). Specifically we aim to build awareness about social identity dynamics in people and communities to enhance the ability of individuals and groups to work together more effectively in order to achieve "common good" community outcomes.
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KELLY HANNUM CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
TIM LEISMAN RESEARCH CONSULTANT
STEPHANIE WALKERIMPACT GREENSBORO PROGRAM, CCL
Social Identity and Community Leadership
Development
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Our Discussion
How can social identity be raised and addressed in community leadership development programs?
How can ideas about social identity expand our thinking about community and about leadership?
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Social Identity
…the parts of a person’s identity that come from belonging to or being
associated with particular groups including, but not limited to, age,
ethnicity, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and
socioeconomic status.
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Functions of Social Identity
We use social identity to: • Categorize people into groups,• Identify with groups ourselves,• Compare groups with each
other, usually preferring our own groups to others.
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Social Identity Basic Tenets
We have multiple identities It’s human nature to want to “fit
in” as well as to be uniqueSome identities are visible,
others are less apparentWe continually gain, lose, or
change certain aspects of our identity, while others are fixed
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Social Identity Basic Tenets
Identities can be associated with positive or negative stereotypes
Social identities create a multifaceted lens through which we view the world and how we are viewed
Which identities are most salient will depend on context
Why it Matters
• Knowing which lenses you are seeing through
• Increasing ability to access a broader perspective
• Better navigate complex situations and relationships
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The Need
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The world is increasingly:
V = VolatileU = UncertainC = ComplexA = Ambiguous
Leadership
Effective leadership results in Direction, Alignment, and Commitment among people with shared goals or challenges.
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Leadership Development
Everyone can develop leadership skills.Complex challenges are better served with
diverse leaders working together. Developing leadership goes beyond
developing individual leaders.
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Where interventions can occur
Societal
Community/Regional
Organizational/ Institutional
Group
Individual
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Project Overview and Goals
Develop and test a module based on social identity concepts that fosters self-awareness, other-awareness, and context-awareness to generate leadership processes that result in
shared direction, alignment, and commitment in communities.
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Our Starting Point
Our own expertise and experiencesLiterature reviewInterviews
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Design Considerations
Level of Challenge Single versus multiple identity Start from commonalties or difference How directly to address privilege/power Trust in the groupIndividual work versus system workFixing what’s “wrong” versus building what’s
“right”
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Self-awareness
Identifying multiple identities and intersectionality
Identifying areas of integration as well as incongruence
Understanding leader identityIdentifying ways we respond to external
labeling
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Other-awareness
Articulating aspects of identity: Given versus ChosenVisible versus InvisiblePublic versus PrivatePride versus shame Accepted/integrated versus disputed/incongruent
Naming and challenging implicit leadership assumptionsUnderstanding respect and the connection to identity salience
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Context-awareness
Identifying the underlying faultlines in communities and in work
Understanding identity threat as well as positive and negative stereotyping.
Awareness of triggers of social identity tension and conflict
Mapping social identity networks
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Self-Awareness
Multiple Identities Map
Chosen
Given
Core
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Mapping Identities in Community
How do social identities show up in organizational and community groups? Which identities are “at the table?”
How do our identities impact how we see the work?
How do the identities of those doing community work reflect the identities of those intended to benefit from or may be harmed by that work?
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Context: Greensboro, NC
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IMPACT Greensboro
IMPACT Greensboro is a place-based leadership program which invests in community participants for the purpose of building social capital.
The goal of IMPACT Greensboro is to create a vibrant network of community “Change Agents” who are equipped to identify and tackle community issues.
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Underlying Process of IMPACT Greensboro
Participant selectionLeadership development training Facilitation Network of Change Agents
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Questions
How can social identity be raised and addressed in community leadership development programs?
How can ideas about social identity expand our thinking about community and about leadership?
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