{"id":1942,"date":"2019-11-30T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2019-11-30T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:12:39","slug":"leadership-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/11\/30\/leadership-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both of these readings focused on one thing: the need for change in the ways we think about and practice leadership. I was particularly drawn to Williamson\u2019s essay, specifically when he states that in order to make our democratic framework more inclusive and applicable to our country today \u201cwe need to recover the democratic promise of our past, in all its complexity and tragedy. This means engaging with it, not running away from it\u201d (8). Particularly in our most recent history, the failures of democracy make it very tempting to reject our framework and want to start over. However, as Williamson notes, this would be a disservice to our country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simply ignoring the history of our country means ignoring not only its failings but the principles it was built upon. While execution was certainly less than perfect, the ideas at the heart of the declaration and foundation of the nation are ones that are still applicable today. And by looking at our history through a critical lens we can the mistakes we\u2019ve made and make efforts to learn from them and fix them. Forgetting the past does us no favors &#8211; we must face it, admit our wrongdoings, and improve going forward. As Williamson notes, \u201cdemocracy is not a form of government that guarantees justice\u201d (7). We must consistently work at improving our framework and molding it to fit our ever-changing modern society. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both of these readings focused on one thing: the need for change in the ways we think about and practice leadership. I was particularly drawn&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/11\/30\/leadership-of-the-future\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leadership of the Future<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}