Social leadership is an approach that empowers everyone to lead, no matter what their formal position in an organisation. As a researcher of leadership in early years education, I have looked at how social leadership can help EY organisations to respond to the many challenges of the sector.
Social leadership has been defined as a democratic and collaborative way of leading organisations. In The Social Leader Handbook, Julian Stodd suggests that social leadership has two related aspects: it builds a strong sense of community within an organisation, and it brings about positive and concrete social change, such as better and more equal working conditions. We can see how one leads to the other: when everyone is invested in an organisation, we are more likely to ensure that others are treated fairly.
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