Overview
Leading change in the climate action space has personal and professional aspects that are interconnected and rely on an understanding of self, other, and the common. The activities in this unit are designed to support your thinking about and refining your own response to the question of what climate action leadership means to you. This will build on the work you have already done in CALS 505 where you designed a climate leadership plan specific to a particular project or initiative. This unit includes Assignment 1: Short Term Leadership Development Goals. These goals are designed to help you reflect further on what you learned about your leadership style and orientation in CALS 505 and where you see yourself going as a leaders in the climate action space. To spur this reflection, you will use the Climate Action Competency Framework to identify and self-assess where you have existing strengths and potential gaps in your climate action competency profile. For those of you engaging in the Practitioner-Scholar stream, the work you do in this course will also (or may) inform the work you do in CALS 691, as you build your professional portfolio.
Activities and Assessment Overview
Please see Schedule for important dates for this Unit.
- Unit 2 Activity 1 – Complete required readings.
- Unit 2 Activity 2 – Attend Synchronous Seminar – see Schedule for date/time
- Unit 2 Activity 3 – Contribute to the MACAL course community through discussion and blogging.
- Unit 2 Activity 4 – complete Climate Adaptation Competency Assessment
- Assignment 1: Short Term, Leadership Development Goals (Individual)
Unit 2 – Activity 1 | Required Readings
The readings for this unit are designed to promote your thinking about your own leadership style and priorities.
Julien, M., Wright, B., & Zinni, D. M. (2010). Stories from the circle: Leadership lessons learned from aboriginal leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 21(1), 114–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LEAQUA.2009.10.009
Meijerink S, Stiller S. (2013). What Kind of Leadership Do We Need for Climate Adaptation? A Framework for Analyzing Leadership Objectives, Functions, and Tasks in Climate Change Adaptation. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 31(2):240-256. doi:10.1068/c11129
Voyageur, C., Brearley, L, & Calliou, B. (2015). Restorying Indigenous Leadership: Conclusion
Vignola et al., (2017). Leadership for moving the climate change adaptation agenda from planning to action. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26-27, 84-89.
Other resources
Ivey Academy (2020) 13 common leadership styles.
Values Grid – provided by School Of Leadership.
DeGeest, D., & Brown, K. G. (2011). The role of goal orientation in leadership development. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 22(2), 157–175.
Recommended/Additional Reading
Sarder, R. (Producer). (2015). What makes a great leader? by Peter Senge, author of the Fifth Discipline. [Video].YouTube.
Throop, W. and Mayberry, M. (2017). Leadership for the Sustainability Transition. Business & Society Review 122 (2), pp 221-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/basr.12116
Unit 2 – Activity 2 | Seminar (synchronous)
Please attend the Unit 1 Seminar – see Schedule for dates. This seminar will be an opportunity to connect with each other and participate in a discussion as you consider your own climate action leadership development plan.
Unit 2 – Activity 3 | Contribute to the MACAL course community
This is a reminder that really is in place for the entire program – to take time to review and comment on other blogs posts from your MACAL student peers prior to considering how to craft your next one.
Complete Assignment 1 – Short Term Leadership Development Goals (individual)
See the Assignment 1a description.
Although we are not requiring you to blog for every unit of this course, as you refine your leadership plan, you may want to blog about your thinking about leadership, the challenges and opportunities, your own development as a climate action leader. This is a choice not an expectation, but again just encouraging this open-learning approach to your own learning journey, with the goal or potential at least to help others think through these questions and learn from your own exploration.
See Schedule for Due Date
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