Leading for Equity Framework
The National Equity Project’s Leading for Equity Framework provides a frame of reference that enables leaders to navigate the complex territory of equity challenges and to develop the capacity to engage in purposeful leadership action. In its simplest form, the Framework helps build habits of mind that are continually in practice. In its more elaborated form, it provides a set of tools, frames and processes that leaders can use in their work. This framework is at the heart of all of our consulting and curriculum.
An Equity Leadership Stance: See, Engage, Act
Equity leadership moves from the “inside-out,”as different from traditional leadership which tends to move top-down. How we See informs how we Engage, which informs how we Act.
A Multidisciplinary Approach: Equity, Complexity & Design
Each discipline contains theory, knowledge and approaches to practice. Understanding each of these, and their interrelationships, enables leaders to frame their challenges and focus their activities.
Equity
Developing equity consciousness (internal and external awareness of systemic oppression and its effects) and commitment (the will to take up equity challenges).
Complexity
Understanding the nature of complex systems, distinguishing between complex versus simple or complicated problems, and developing corresponding leadership approaches that match the actual complexity of equity challenges.
Design
Approaching equity challenges through the mindset of user-centered design, which shifts traditional power dynamics related to decision-making and brings forth deeper innovation and agency amidst institutionalized norms and structures.
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