Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations

Enduring sustainability challenges requires a new model of collective leadership that embraces critical reflection, inclusivity and care. Leadership collectives can support a move in academia from metrics to merits, from a focus on career to care, and enact a shift from disciplinary to inter- and trans-disciplinary research. Academic organisations need to reorient their training programs, work ethics and reward systems to encourage collective excellence and to allow space for future leaders to develop and enact a radically re-imagined vision of how to lead as a collective with care for people and the planet.

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Enduring sustainability challenges require a new model of collective leadership that promotes critical reflection, inclusivity, and care. This shift in academia towards a focus on merit over metrics, caring over career, and inter- and trans-disciplinary research is crucial for fostering future leaders who can reimagine how to lead collectively with a focus on people and the planet. Academic organizations must reorient their training programs, work ethics, and reward systems to encourage collective excellence and create space for the development of these new leaders.