{"id":11058,"date":"2018-05-10T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/the-rise-of-the-social-leader\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T18:09:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:09:14","slug":"the-rise-of-the-social-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/the-rise-of-the-social-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of the Social Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWhere do terms such as <em>social leadership<\/em> come from?<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn this case, it seems Professor Jaume Filella, from the Esade Ramon Llull University in Spain, coined the term to represent leaders \u201cwho have followers because of their ability to bring people together, facilitate agreements, and drive efforts in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe <em>Financial Times <\/em>draws upon this definition of a social leader and suggests the late Nelson Mandela as an epitome of a social leader.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA civil society organization group from Australia describes social leadership as \u201cleadership in strengthening society and in finding solutions to social challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt is no wonder that Mandela could claim, \u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAre we using our organizational education, training, and learning programs to produce positive change in the world we have stewardship over?<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>BRINGING TOGETHER GROUPS OF EQUALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSocial leadership is all about bringing groups of equals together to unite and work together to bring about essential change, often at great cost of energy, time, and personal sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMandela was fighting for freedom, equality, and the eradication of apartheid in his beloved country of South Africa. He taught us a quality of social leadership with these words, \u201cReal leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1942, and for 20 years he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEven within the ordinary workplaces where we create learning and organizational development, are we prepared to sacrifice all for the freedom of learning for the people we directly serve and for our communities?<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMandela had to find common ground between the black and white races of then-apartheid South Africa. Francois Pienaar, the captain of the 1995 Rugby World Cup winners, stated that Nelson Mandela used the sport of rugby to heal their nation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>A VISION FOR CHANGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou will find all social leaders have a clear agenda of how they want to change things and develop a system supporting their ideal vision. These leaders have no hidden agenda and only a personal investment in making a difference. They are altruistic in nature yet able to deal with the complex issues and processes involved in change.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMandela spent 27 years in prison after being arrested and put on trial for conspiring to overthrow the state and sentenced to life imprisonment. With the growing domestic and international pressure to end apartheid in the late 1980s, there were fears of a racial civil war. That\u2019s when President F.W. de Klerk released Mandela from prison.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen Mandela walked out of prison in 1990, he said, \u201cTo be free is not merely to cast off one\u2019s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTogether, Mandela and de Klerk negotiated an end to apartheid and organized the first multiracial general election in 1994, which saw Mandela become South Africa\u2019s first black president as head of the ANC. They both went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for eradicating apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn 2008, Mandela reminded the people of Kliptown, Soweto, that \u201ca fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>STRONG CHARACTER AND SELF-ESTEEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSocial leaders have strong character and self-esteem. They do not seek recognition or publicity and would rather not be recognized for their efforts for the causes they fight for.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn our social media \u201cselfie\u201d world, we must develop more inner leadership traits in our education programs. This begs the question of whether we\u2019ve even identified the leadership attributes our organizations really need.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe<em> Boston Globe<\/em> obituary notice for Nelson Mandela described him as \u201cpatient and unrelenting in his efforts to overturn South Africa\u2019s vicious apartheid regime. Mandela was a pillar of grace, magnanimity, and restraint in victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith the need for greater corporate social responsibility, we must ensure our management and leadership development programs build in learning objectives for developing social leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJulian Stodd, author of \u201cThe Social Leadership Handbook,\u201d states: \u201cSocial leadership is not something soft, something \u2018nice to have,\u2019 something of an add-on to formal power; it\u2019s central to the authority we need to wield in the Social Age to truly lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPerhaps the best outcome of becoming and developing social leaders in our organizations will be the building of greater employee engagement; better collaboration; diversity and inclusion; and taking on causes meaningful to our customers, stakeholders, and the broader community.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDuring the 90th birthday celebration of fellow anti-apartheid activist Walter Sisulu, Mandela summed up nicely the personal benefits of social leadership. He said: \u201cWhat counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Roy Saunderson is author of \u201cGIVING the Real Recognition Way\u201d and Chief Learning Officer at Rideau Recognition Solutions. His consulting and learning skills focus on helping companies \u201cgive real recognition the right way wherever they are.\u201d For recognition insights, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/AuthenticRecognition.com\">http:\/\/AuthenticRecognition.com<\/a>. For more information, e-mail him at RoySaunderson@Rideau.com or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Rideau.com\">www.Rideau.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWhat it takes to achieve and maintain social leadership status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-11058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-magazine","7":"tag-talent-tips","8":"magazine_issues-may-2018"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Rise of the Social Leader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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