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E-mail the Kansas Environmental Leadership
Program at
mailto:kelp@ksu.edu |
Kansas Environmental Leadership Program
The Kansas Environmental Leadership Program (KELP) is a
cooperative project of KELP Leadership Principles What is Environmental Leadership? Leadership has been defined and described in many ways. The staff of the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program have considered many of the definitions of leadership, and have adopted the following working definition of leadership: "Environmental Leadership is an influence relationship between collaborators that intends real change for the mutual benefit of the collaborators and the environment." This definition, expanded from the work of Dr. Joseph Rost of the University of San Diego, has several key components. Influence Relationship: Influence is an individuals' affect on others' thoughts and behaviors. Everyone has influence. When two or more persons are in relationship, they are influencing each other. Influence can be made more effective through the application of power resources. Collaborators: Without consenting followership, leadership can not exist. Collaboration is the willingness to influence, and to be influenced, for the sake of shared cooperative gain. It is the willingness to invest in the relationships and outcomes as an active participant. Collaboration implies an outcome that is mutually beneficial to the participants. Intends Real Change: Leadership requires a direction. An influence relationship between collaborators that maintains status quo or efficiency is not leadership. Leadership is directional. It is work that intends a new vision of change. Mutual Benefit: It is assumed that followers have elected to follow because there is some benefit in the outcome that makes it worth pursuing. Environmental Benefit: When the environment benefits, so do the life
forms that are dependant on the environmental systems. Environmental
benefits are far reaching in both time and health. |