Part 4: Collaborative Leadership for Collective Liberation Seeds of a New Way Discussion Guide

Part of Seeds of a New Way: Nurturing Authentic and Diverse Religious Leadership

By Aisha Hauser

Seeds Of A New Way Part 4 Aisha Hauser Remarks (PDF)

Questions for Discussion/Reflection

  1. Who and/or what formally holds decision-making power and authority within your Unitarian Universalist congregation or community?
  2. What forms of informal power and authority exist within your congregation or community?
  3. What is meant by “collaborative leadership?” Can collaboration exist side-by-side with clear lines of accountability? What might this look like (collaboration and accountability existing side-by-side)?
  4. How do we know whether we, individually or as a group, are being collaborative or not?