Is Edger Leadership Transforming Education? Insights From Evidence

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Abstract

Today, effective leadership relies more heavily on relational competencies than on other skills, enabling leaders to forge meaningful connections and enhance social capital both within and outside their educational institutions. This approach involves positioning leaders at the 'edges' of their organisations, so they can extend their influence outwards and spread their wings, building connections with the whole educational ecosystem. However, evidence for the manifestations of edger leadership enacted in ecosystems is limited. The paper explores the macro, meso, and micro levels of leading ecosystems and the role of the edger in each of them. It is concluded that this new leader pushes the borders of their organisation and is capable of socially transforming their environment from the margins, and education.

Authors

• Cecilia Azorin, University of Murcia

• Mireia Civis, Ramon Llull University