Exemplary Leadership Practices of Black Women in Counseling

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Abstract

The study examines the authentic leadership characteristics and practices of leadership excellence of Black women in the counseling profession. This study highlights the urgency for the counseling profession and related-leadership organizations to support the role of ethnically diverse women in leadership positions across five regions of the United States. The results from this study revealed themes that match existing literature on multicultural leadership development within the counseling field. Participants completed the Authentic Leadership questionnaire and Chi Sigma Iota’s Leadership online survey. The results from this study provide implications on the professional identity development of Black women leaders in the counseling profession.

Authors

• Jonique Remisia Childs, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Na Mi Bang, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

• Janice A. Byrd, Pennsylvania State University